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.TH DEBPKG 1 "Debian Utilities" "DEBIAN" \" -*- nroff -*- |
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.SH NAME |
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debpkg \- wrapper for dpkg
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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\fBdebpkg\fP \fIdpkg-options\fP |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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\fBdebpkg\fR simply invokes \fBdpkg\fP(1) but first becomes superuser |
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so that \fBdpkg\fP is able to install and remove packages. It also |
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cleans the environment and resets PATH to a sane default: |
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"/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11" so that local versions of |
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programs are not run by accident. |
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.SH REQUIREMENTS |
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\fBdebpkg\fP must be given superuser privileges in some way to |
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function properly. \fBAccess to debpkg with those privileges is the
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same as having superuser access to your machine.\fP \fBdebpkg\fP will |
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abort if it finds that it neither being run by root nor setuid root. |
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.PP
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The \fBdevscripts\fR package has been designed to allow \fBdebpkg\fR |
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to be made setuid root. This works by using a compiled wrapper |
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script, which means that \fBsuidperl\fR is not required. See |
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\fBdpkg-statoverride\fR(8) if you wish to make this program setuid |
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root. \fBsudo\fR or \fBsuper\fR could also conceivably be used. |
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.SH AUTHOR |
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Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>; minor modifications made by |
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Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>. |