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dpkg-statoverride(1) dpkg suite dpkg-statoverride(1)

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.