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diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 47033eadf..afc243b7f 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -874,6 +874,25 @@ bool StartsWithGPGClearTextSignature(string const &FileName)
return true;
}
/*}}}*/
+// ChangeOwnerAndPermissionOfFile - set file attributes to requested values /*{{{*/
+bool ChangeOwnerAndPermissionOfFile(char const * const requester, char const * const file, char const * const user, char const * const group, mode_t const mode)
+{
+ if (strcmp(file, "/dev/null") == 0)
+ return true;
+ bool Res = true;
+ if (getuid() == 0 && strlen(user) != 0 && strlen(group) != 0) // if we aren't root, we can't chown, so don't try it
+ {
+ // ensure the file is owned by root and has good permissions
+ struct passwd const * const pw = getpwnam(user);
+ struct group const * const gr = getgrnam(group);
+ if (pw != NULL && gr != NULL && chown(file, pw->pw_uid, gr->gr_gid) != 0)
+ Res &= _error->WarningE(requester, "chown to %s:%s of file %s failed", user, group, file);
+ }
+ if (chmod(file, mode) != 0)
+ Res &= _error->WarningE(requester, "chmod 0%o of file %s failed", mode, file);
+ return Res;
+}
+ /*}}}*/
class FileFdPrivate { /*{{{*/
public: