On Tue, 05 Apr 2005, Frank Küster wrote: > when a maintainer script creates and possibly edits configuration files > (of course not conffiles), what is the best way to set proper > permissions (e.g. change ownership to a daemon user created by the > package), while still preserving local admin's changes?
Check dpkg-statoverride database (using --list). If there is anything in there, use that information. If not, set your defaults using dpkg-statoverride --update. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
