Re: [Bug-tar] Bug in Tar ?

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

> I'm using tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 on Linux, and it seems that the owner
> option is not working:
>
> I try to do the following command (as a root user) :
>
> tar -xvf livre_20120221.tar --no-same-owner --owner=wwwrun --group=www

The --owner option does not affect extraction, which is clearly stated
in the documentation.  Please, see:

http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Option-Summary.html#g_t_002d_002downer

Regards,
Sergey