Re: Could someone clarify dpkg-statoverride please? (Was Re: dpkg-statoverride and creating users in postinst)

2001-02-13 Thread Julian Gilbey
Package: dpkg Version: 1.8.3.1 Severity: minor On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 09:38:35AM +0100, J?r?me Marant wrote: This is an extract from dpkg-statoverride manpage: `stat overrides' are a way to tell dpkg to use a different owner or mode for a file when a package is

Could someone clarify dpkg-statoverride please? (Was Re: dpkg-statoverride and creating users in postinst)

2001-02-13 Thread Jérôme Marant
Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, you shouldn't do it like this. You should do: dpkg-statoverride --list ..., examine the output to see if a specific mode/uid/gid is required, and if not, then just use a chmod. *Don't* use dpkg-statoverride --add, for then there will be no way of

Re: Could someone clarify dpkg-statoverride please? (Was Re: dpkg-statoverride and creating users in postinst)

2001-02-13 Thread Julian Gilbey
Package: dpkg Version: 1.8.3.1 Severity: minor On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 09:38:35AM +0100, J?r?me Marant wrote: This is an extract from dpkg-statoverride manpage: `stat overrides' are a way to tell dpkg to use a different owner or mode for a file when a package is installed.

Re: Could someone clarify dpkg-statoverride please? (Was Re: dpkg-statoverride and creating users in postinst)

2001-02-13 Thread Jérôme Marant
Everything is clear now. Thanks a lot for these explanations. -- Jérôme Marant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Debian Activity Page: http://jerome.marant.free.fr/debian ---