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Diffstat (limited to 'apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h index a64d6cb98..97cb05c56 100644 --- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h +++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h @@ -195,10 +195,21 @@ pid_t ExecFork(std::set<int> keep_fds); void MergeKeepFdsFromConfiguration(std::set<int> &keep_fds); bool ExecWait(pid_t Pid,const char *Name,bool Reap = false); - // check if the given file starts with a PGP cleartext signature bool StartsWithGPGClearTextSignature(std::string const &FileName); +/** change file attributes to requested known good values + * + * The method skips the user:group setting if not root. + * + * @param requester is printed as functionname in error cases + * @param file is the file to be modified + * @param user is the (new) owner of the file, e.g. _apt + * @param group is the (new) group owning the file, e.g. root + * @param mode is the access mode of the file, e.g. 0644 + */ +bool ChangeOwnerAndPermissionOfFile(char const * const requester, char const * const file, char const * const user, char const * const group, mode_t const mode); + /** * \brief Drop privileges * |