[ale] weird tgz shenanigans

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Jeff Rose wrote:
> That makes sense.  the info page for says the --same-owner flag will
> attempt to preserve ownership.  But I don't understand why ownership
> will be correct if untarred by jeff, walter or michele but if untarred
> by root michele owns the files.

When you untar a file by a non-super user, the files will be owned by 
the person untaring the file.

When you untar the file by root, root will attempt to retain the 
previous file ownership.

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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