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  19 .TH dpkg\-statoverride 1 "%RELEASE_DATE%" "%VERSION%" "dpkg suite"
  20 .nh
  21 .SH NAME
  22 dpkg\-statoverride \- override ownership and mode of files
  23 .
  24 .SH SYNOPSIS
  25 .B dpkg\-statoverride
  26 .RI [ option "...] " command
  27 .
  28 .SH DESCRIPTION
  29 “\fBstat overrides\fR” are a way to tell
  30 .BR dpkg (1)
  31 to use a different owner
  32 or mode for a path when a package is installed (this applies to any
  33 filesystem object that
  34 .B dpkg
  35 handles, including directories, devices, etc.). This can be used to
  36 force programs that are normally setuid to be install without a setuid
  37 flag, or only executable by a certain group.
  38 .P
  39 \fBdpkg\-statoverride\fR is a utility to manage the list of stat
  40 overrides. It has three basic functions: adding, removing and listing
  41 overrides.
  42 .
  43 .SH COMMANDS
  44 .TP
  45 .BI \-\-add " user group mode path"
  46 Add an override for \fIpath\fP. \fIpath\fP does not need to exist
  47 when this command is used; the override will be stored and used later.
  48 Users and groups can be specified by their name (for example \fBroot\fR
  49 or \fBnobody\fR), or by their number by prepending the number with a
  50 ‘\fB#\fR’ (for example \fB#0\fR or \fB#65534\fR).
  51 The \fImode\fR needs to be specified in octal.
  52
  53 If \fB\-\-update\fP is specified and \fIpath\fP exists, it is immediately
  54 set to the new owner and mode.
  55 .TP
  56 .BI \-\-remove " path"
  57 Remove an override for \fIpath\fP, the status of \fIpath\fP is left
  58 unchanged by this command.
  59 .TP
  60 .BR \-\-list " [\fIglob-pattern\fP]"
  61 List all overrides. If a glob pattern is specified restrict the output
  62 to overrides which match the glob.
  63 .TP
  64 .B \-\-help
  65 Show the usage message and exit.
  66 .TP
  67 .B \-\-version
  68 Show the version and exit.
  69 .
  70 .SH OPTIONS
  71 .TP
  72 .BI \-\-admindir " directory"
  73 Change the \fIdirectory\fP of the \fBdpkg\fP database where the statoverride
  74 file is also stored. Defaults to \fI%ADMINDIR%\fP.
  75 .TP
  76 .B \-\-force
  77 Force an action, even if a sanity check would otherwise prohibit it.
  78 This is necessary to override an existing override.
  79 .TP
  80 .B \-\-update
  81 Immediately try to change the \fIpath\fP to the new owner and mode if it
  82 exists.
  83 .TP
  84 .B \-\-quiet
  85 Be less verbose about what we do.
  86 .
  87 .SH EXIT STATUS
  88 .TP
  89 .B 0
  90 The requested action was successfully performed.
  91 .TP
  92 .B 1
  93 For \fB\-\-list\fP, if there are no overrides or none match the supplied
  94 glob.
  95 .TP
  96 .B 2
  97 Fatal or unrecoverable error due to invalid command-line usage, or
  98 interactions with the system, such as accesses to the database,
  99 memory allocations, etc.
 100 .
 101 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 102 .TP
 103 .B DPKG_ADMINDIR
 104 If set and the \fB\-\-admindir\fP option has not been specified, it will
 105 be used as the \fBdpkg\fP data directory.
 106 .
 107 .SH FILES
 108 .TP
 109 .I %ADMINDIR%/statoverride
 110 File which contains the current list of stat overrides of the system. It
 111 is located in the \fBdpkg\fP administration directory, along with other files
 112 important to \fBdpkg\fP, such as \fIstatus\fP or \fIavailable\fP.
 113 .br
 114 Note: \fBdpkg\-statoverride\fP preserves the old copy of this file, with
 115 extension “\-old”, before replacing it with the new one.
 116 .
 117 .SH SEE ALSO
 118 .BR dpkg (1).