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Re: Extracting files as myself.
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: Extracting files as myself. |
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06 Mar 2003 11:49:10 -0800 |
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"Thomas, Nicholas" <address@hidden> writes:
> Using tar --no-same-owner -xzf filename.tgz causes unusual behavior
> depending on who I am logged in as.
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> 1) If I am logged in as root then the extraced files are owned by root, and
> group owner is also root.
That's what one would expect.
> 2) If I am logged in as myself (nickt) then the extracted files are owned by
> root and the group owner is myself (nickt).
That's a bug; it should extract it as yourself.