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.

       --help Show the usage message and exit.

       --force-help
              Give help about the --force-thing options (since dpkg 1.19.5).

       --version
              Show the version and exit.

OPTIONS

       --admindir directory
              Set the administrative directory to directory.  This is where the statoverride file
              is stored.  Defaults to «/var/lib/dpkg».

       --instdir directory
              Set  the  installation  directory, which refers to the directory where packages get
              installed (since dpkg 1.19.2).  Defaults to «/».

       --root directory
              Set the root directory to directory,  which  sets  the  installation  directory  to
              «directory»  and  the  administrative  directory to «directory/var/lib/dpkg» (since
              dpkg 1.19.2).

       --force-things
       --no-force-things, --refuse-things
              Force or refuse (no-force and refuse mean the same thing) to do some things  (since
              dpkg  1.19.5).   things  is  a  comma  separated  list  of  things specified below.
              --force-help displays a message describing them.  Things marked with (*) are forced
              by default.

              Warning:  These options are mostly intended to be used by experts only.  Using them
              without fully understanding their effects may break your whole system.

              all: Turns on (or off) all force options.

              statoverride-add: Overwrite an existing stat override when adding  it  (since  dpkg
              1.19.5).

              statoverride-remove:  Ignore  a  missing stat override when removing it (since dpkg
              1.19.5).

              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.

       --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 --force-all.

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

       --quiet
              Be less verbose about what we do.

EXIT STATUS

       0      The requested action was successfully performed.

       1      For --list, if there are no overrides or none match the supplied glob.

       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.

ENVIRONMENT

       DPKG_ROOT
              If set and the --instdir or --root options have not been specified, it will be used
              as the filesystem root directory (since dpkg 1.19.2).

       DPKG_ADMINDIR
              If set and the --admindir or --root options have not been  specified,  it  will  be
              used as the dpkg data directory.

       DPKG_FORCE
              If  set and none of the --force-... options have been specified, it will be used as
              the force options to use (since dpkg 1.19.5).

       DPKG_COLORS
              Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).  The currently accepted values  are:  auto
              (default), always and never.

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).