NAME

       dpkg-statoverride - override ownership and mode of files

SYNOPSIS

       dpkg-statoverride [option...] command

DESCRIPTION

       `stat  overrides'  are  a  way to tell dpkg(1) to use a different owner or mode for a path
       when a package is installed (this applies to any  filesystem  object  that  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.

       dpkg-statoverride  is  a  utility to manage the list of stat overrides. It has three basic
       functions: adding, removing and listing overrides.

COMMANDS

       --add user group mode path
              Add an override for path. path does not need to exist when this  command  is  used;
              the  override  will be stored and used later.  Users and groups can be specified by
              their name (for example root or nobody), or  by  their  number  by  prepending  the
              number  with  a  `#'  (for example #0 or #65534). The mode needs to be specified in
              octal.

              If --update is specified and path exists, it is immediately set to  the  new  owner
              and mode.

       --remove path
              Remove an override for path, the status of path is left unchanged by this command.

       --list [glob-pattern]
              List all overrides. If a glob pattern is specified restrict the output to overrides
              which  match  the  glob.  If  there  are  no  overrides  or  none  match  the  glob
              dpkg-statoverride will exit with an exitcode of 1.

       --help Show the usage message and exit.

       --version
              Show the version and exit.

OPTIONS

       --admindir directory
              Change  the  directory  of  the  dpkg  database where the statoverride file is also
              stored. Defaults to /var/lib/dpkg.

       --force
              Force an action, even if a sanity check  would  otherwise  prohibit  it.   This  is
              necessary to override an existing override.

       --update
              Immediately try to change the path to the new owner and mode if it exists.

       --quiet
              Be less verbose about what we do.

ENVIRONMENT

       DPKG_ADMINDIR
              If  set  and  the  --admindir option has not been specified, it will be used as the
              dpkg data directory.

FILES

       /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
              File which contains the current list of stat overrides of the system. It is located
              in  the  dpkg  administration  directory, along with other files important to dpkg,
              such as `status' or `available'.
              Note: dpkg-statoverride preserves the old copy of this file, with extension "-old",
              before replacing it with the new one.

SEE ALSO

       dpkg(1).