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diff --git a/man/dpkg-statoverride.pod b/man/dpkg-statoverride.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5220c47 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/dpkg-statoverride.pod @@ -0,0 +1,244 @@ +# dpkg manual page - dpkg-statoverride(1) +# +# Copyright © 2000-2001 Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org> +# Copyright © 2009-2011, 2013, 2015 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> +# +# This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +dpkg-statoverride - override ownership and mode of files + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<dpkg-statoverride> +[I<option>...] I<command> + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +“B<stat overrides>” are a way to tell +L<dpkg(1)> +to use a different owner +or mode for a path when a package is installed (this applies to any +filesystem object that +B<dpkg> +handles, including directories, devices, etc.). +This can be used to +force programs that are normally setuid to be install without a setuid +flag, or only executable by a certain group. + +B<dpkg-statoverride> is a utility to manage the list of stat +overrides. +It has three basic functions: adding, removing and listing +overrides. + +=head1 COMMANDS + +=over + +=item B<--add> I<user group mode path> + +Add an override for I<path>. +I<path> does not need to exist nor be known to +B<dpkg> when this command is used; the override will be stored and used later. +Users and groups can be specified by their name (for example B<root> +or B<nobody>), or by their number by prepending the number with a +‘B<#>’ (for example B<#0> or B<#65534>). +The I<mode> needs to be specified in octal. + +If B<--update> is specified and I<path> exists, it is immediately +set to the new owner and mode. + +=item B<--remove> I<path> + +Remove an override for I<path>, the status of I<path> is left +unchanged by this command. + +=item B<--list> [I<glob-pattern>] + +List all overrides. +If a glob pattern is specified restrict the output +to overrides which match the glob. + +=item B<--help> + +Show the usage message and exit. + +=item B<--force-help> + +Give help about the B<--force->I<thing> options (since dpkg 1.19.5). + +=item B<--version> + +Show the version and exit. + +=back + +=head1 OPTIONS + +=over + +=item B<--admindir> I<directory> + +Set the administrative directory to I<directory>. +This is where the I<statoverride> file is stored. +Defaults to «I<%ADMINDIR%>» if B<DPKG_ADMINDIR> has not been set. + +=item B<--instdir> I<directory> + +Set the installation directory, which refers to the directory where +packages get installed (since dpkg 1.19.2). +Defaults to «I</>» if B<DPKG_ROOT> has not been set. + +=item B<--root> I<directory> + +Set the root directory to B<directory>, which sets the installation +directory to «I<directory>» and the administrative +directory to «I<directory>B<%ADMINDIR%>» (since dpkg 1.19.2) +if B<DPKG_ROOT> has not been set. + +=item B<--force->I<things> + +=item B<--no-force->I<things>, B<--refuse->I<things> + +Force or refuse (B<no-force> and B<refuse> mean the same thing) +to do some things (since dpkg 1.19.5). +I<things> is a comma separated list of things specified below. +B<--force-help> displays a message describing them. +Things marked with (*) are forced by default. + +B<Warning>: These options are mostly intended to be used by experts only. +Using them without fully understanding their effects may break your whole +system. + +=over 4 + +=item B<all>: + +Turns on (or off) all force options. + +=item B<statoverride-add>: + +Overwrite an existing stat override when adding it (since dpkg 1.19.5). + +=item B<statoverride-remove>: + +Ignore a missing stat override when removing it (since dpkg 1.19.5). + +=item B<security-mac>(*): + +Use platform-specific Mandatory Access Controls (MAC) based security when +installing files into the filesystem (since dpkg 1.19.5). +On Linux systems the implementation uses SELinux. + +=item B<not-root>: + +Try to (de)install things even when not root (since dpkg 1.21.8). + +=back + +=item B<--force> + +Force an action, even if a sanity check would otherwise prohibit it. +This is necessary to override an existing override. +This option is deprecated (since dpkg 1.19.5), it is replaced by +B<--force-all>. + +=item B<--update> + +Immediately try to change the I<path> to the new owner and mode if it +exists. + +=item B<--quiet> + +Be less verbose about what we do. + +=back + +=head1 EXIT STATUS + +=over + +=item B<0> + +The requested action was successfully performed. + +=item B<1> + +For B<--list>, if there are no overrides or none match the supplied +glob. + +=item B<2> + +Fatal or unrecoverable error due to invalid command-line usage, or +interactions with the system, such as accesses to the database, +memory allocations, etc. + +=back + +=head1 ENVIRONMENT + +=over + +=item B<DPKG_ROOT> + +If set and the B<--instdir> or B<--root> options have not been +specified, it will be used as the filesystem root directory +(since dpkg 1.19.2). + +=item B<DPKG_ADMINDIR> + +If set and the B<--admindir> or B<--root> options have not been +specified, it will be used as the B<dpkg> data directory. + +=item B<DPKG_DEBUG> + +Sets the debug mask (since dpkg 1.21.10) from an octal value. +The currently accepted flags are described in the B<dpkg --debug> option, +but not all these flags might have an effect on this program. + +=item B<DPKG_FORCE> + +If set and none of the B<--force->I<...> options have been +specified, it will be used as the force options to use (since dpkg 1.19.5). + +=item B<DPKG_COLORS> + +Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5). +The currently accepted values are: B<auto> (default), B<always> and +B<never>. + +=back + +=head1 FILES + +=over + +=item I<%ADMINDIR%/statoverride> + +File which contains the current list of stat overrides of the system. +It +is located in the B<dpkg> administration directory, along with other files +important to B<dpkg>, such as I<status> or I<available>. + +B<Note>: B<dpkg-statoverride> preserves the old copy of this file, with +extension “-old”, before replacing it with the new one. + +=back + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<dpkg(1)>. |