Joe Drew wrote: > Is dpkg-statoverride meant to be used in a package, or only by sysadmins?
You can use it in a package's postinst if, for example, you ask "should this program be suid?", and act on it by changing the permissions. > I've got a package which currently asks whether the svgalib binary > should be installed suid root. The safest way to do this, of course, > would be to ship it 755, and then add the suid bit later. However, > on installation, if the user says that the binary should be suid, > should the postinst scripts call dpkg-statoverride? Or just set the suid > bit? Yes, call statoverride, I think. -- see shy jo
