/usr/sbin/dpkg-www-installer is in dpkg-www 2.54+nmu1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o755.
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#
# Dpkg-www install helper used for dpkg-www cgi installation.
#
# Copyright (C) 1999-2003  Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@debian.org>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
usage() {
    echo "${0##*/} [-x|--xterm] [-f|--file] <file>"
}
press_enter() {
    echo ""
    echo -n "Press Enter to close this window..."; read x
}
# Restart self in an xterm window. Must be the first option. Used by netscape.
if [ "$1" = "-x" -o "$1" = "--xterm" ]; then
    shift 1
    xterm -T "Package Installation" -e $0 "$@"
    exit 0
fi
# Restart self in an xterm window. Used by mozilla which can't pass -x switch.
if [ "$DPKG_WWW_INSTALLER_XTERM" != true ] && ! tty -s; then
    DPKG_WWW_INSTALLER_XTERM=true xterm -T "Package Installation" -e $0 "$@"
    exit 0
fi
# Source optional config file
test -e /etc/dpkg-www.conf && . /etc/dpkg-www.conf 2>/dev/null
FILE=""
ACTION=""
HOST=""
PACKAGES=""
while [ "${1#-}" != "$1" ]; do
    case "$1" in
	-\?|-help|--help)
	    usage
	    exit
	    ;;
	-f|--file)
	    FILE="$2"
	    shift 2
	    ;;
	-*)
	    echo "Invalid option: $1" >&2
	    press_enter
	    exit 1
	    ;;
    esac
done
FILE="${FILE:-$1}"
if [ "$FILE" != "" -a ! -e "$FILE" ]; then
    echo "File not found: $FILE" >&2
    press_enter
    exit 1
fi
request="$(cat "$FILE" | head -10)"; rm -f "$FILE"
if echo "$request" | grep -q "^Install-packages:"; then
    ACTION=install
    HOST=$(
	echo "$request" | grep ^Install-host: \
	| head -1 | sed 's/.*: *//; s/,/ /g'
    )
    PACKAGES=$(
	echo "$request" | grep ^Install-packages: \
	| head -1 | sed 's/.*: *//; s/,/ /g'
    )
else
    ACTION=remove
    HOST=$(
	echo "$request" | grep ^Remove-host: \
	| head -1 | sed 's/.*: *//; s/,/ /g'
    )
    PACKAGES=$(
	echo "$request" | grep ^Remove-packages: \
	| head -1 | sed 's/.*: *//; s/,/ /g'
    )
fi
if [ ! "$HOST" ]; then
    echo "Missing hostname" >&2
    press_enter
    exit 1
fi
if [ "$(echo "$HOST" | sed 's/[ a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]//g')" ]; then
    echo "Invalid characters in hostname: $HOST" >&2
    press_enter
    exit 1
fi
if [ ! "$PACKAGES" ]; then
    echo "Missing package names" >&2
    press_enter
    exit 1
fi
# From Debian Packaging Manual, 4.2.1:
#
# The name of the binary package. Package names consist of the alphanumerics
# and + - . (plus, minus and full stop). In current versions of dpkg they are
# sort of case-sensitive.
#
if [ "$(echo "$PACKAGES" | sed 's/[ a-zA-Z0-9.+-]//g')" ]; then
    echo "Invalid characters in package names: $PACKAGES" >&2
    press_enter
    exit 1
fi
if [ $(echo "$PACKAGES" | wc -w) -gt 1 ]; then
    if [ "$ACTION" = install ]; then
	echo "Installing the following packages on $HOST:"
    else
	echo "Removing the following packages on $HOST:"
    fi
    echo ""
    echo "$PACKAGES" \
       | if [ -x /usr/bin/fold ]; then fold -s -w 76; else cat; fi \
       | sed 's/^/  /'
    echo ""
else
    if [ "$ACTION" = install ]; then
	echo "Installing package $PACKAGES on $HOST."
    else
	echo "Removing package $PACKAGES from $HOST."
    fi
    echo ""
fi
case "$HOST" in
    localhost|$(hostname)|$(hostname -f))
	if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
		echo "You should NOT run this script as root!"
		echo ""
		echo -n "Press Enter to continue..."; read x
		echo ""
		apt-get -s $REINSTALL $ACTION $PACKAGES; echo
		apt-get    $REINSTALL $ACTION $PACKAGES
	else
	    echo -n "Root "; su root -c "\
		apt-get -s $REINSTALL $ACTION $PACKAGES; echo
		apt-get    $REINSTALL $ACTION $PACKAGES"
	    
	fi
	;;
    *)
	# Ignore any active ssh-agent to force ssh passwd prompt
	test "$FORCE_SSH_PASSWD" = true && unset SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_AUTH_SOCK
	/usr/bin/ssh -l root "$HOST" PATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin \
		apt-get -s $REINSTALL $ACTION $PACKAGES \; echo \; \
		apt-get    $REINSTALL $ACTION $PACKAGES
        ;;
esac
press_enter
exit 0
# end of file
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