Guys, When restoring files from a streamed archived (i.e. via the option -f -), it appears the parent subdirectories are restored with the user's ownership and umasked permissions (subject to any use of --no-overwrite-dir). I'm using the latest tar, i.e. 1.28:
bnetst03:/usr/local/sbin/des_setup/svc # /usr/local/bin/tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.28 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. bnetst03:/usr/local/sbin/des_setup/svc # For example, we have the following directory: bnetst03:/tmp # ls -l -d /etc /etc/opt /etc/opt/wbem dr-xr-xr-x 40 root sys 8192 Sep 25 14:12 /etc dr-xr-xr-x 25 bin bin 8192 Mar 13 2014 /etc/opt drwxr-xr-x 2 cimsrvr bin 8192 Sep 25 12:37 /etc/opt/wbem bnetst03:/tmp # ls -l /etc/opt/wbem total 48 -rw-r--r-- 1 bin bin 150 Dec 1 2010 cimserver_retry.conf -rw------- 1 cimsrvr cimsrvr 12 Sep 25 12:37 cimserver_start.conf -r-xr--r-- 1 bin bin 759 Dec 1 2010 providerVersion bnetst03:/tmp # Tar-ing this small directory into an archive ... bnetst03:/ # /usr/local/tar cvf /tmp/t /etc/opt/wbem etc/opt/wbem/ etc/opt/wbem/cimserver_retry.conf etc/opt/wbem/providerVersion etc/opt/wbem/cimserver_start.conf bnetst03:/ # We see that, upon restoring a particular member of wbem/ from the archive presented through stdin, that member is restored with its correct metadata but its parent subdirectories are restored with the ownership of the session user and permissions as per its umask: bnetst03:/tmp # cat /tmp/t | /usr/local/bin/tar xvf - etc/opt/wbem/cimserver_start.conf etc/opt/wbem/cimserver_start.conf bnetst03:/tmp # ls -l -d etc etc/opt etc/opt/wbem drwx------ 3 root sys 96 Sep 25 14:37 etc drwx------ 3 root sys 96 Sep 25 14:37 etc/opt drwx------ 2 root sys 96 Sep 25 14:37 etc/opt/wbem bnetst03:/tmp # ls -l etc/opt/wbem total 16 -rw------- 1 cimsrvr cimsrvr 12 Sep 25 12:37 cimserver_start.conf bnetst03:/tmp # If the entire archive is extracted, only the immediate parent subdirectory has its correct metadata, the others still appear with session user ownership and permissions: bnetst03:/tmp # ls -l -d etc drwx------ 3 root sys 96 Sep 25 14:47 etc bnetst03:/tmp # ll -R etc total 0 drwx------ 3 root sys 96 Sep 25 14:47 opt etc/opt: total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 cimsrvr bin 8192 Sep 25 12:37 wbem etc/opt/wbem: total 48 -rw-r--r-- 1 bin bin 150 Dec 1 2010 cimserver_retry.conf -rw------- 1 cimsrvr cimsrvr 12 Sep 25 12:37 cimserver_start.conf -r-xr--r-- 1 bin bin 759 Dec 1 2010 providerVersion bnetst03:/tmp # Rocket J. Squirrel: "... we're going to have to think!" Bullwinkle J. Moose: "There must be an easier way than that." HOWARD BRYDEN Senior Unix Administrator Infrastructure Support Public Safety Business Agency PHONE: 07 3635 3087 POSTAL: GPO Box 1425, Brisbane, QLD 4001 | EMAIL: howard.bry...@dcs.qld.gov.au<mailto:howard.bry...@dcs.qld.gov.au> [cid:image001.jpg@01CF9486.DD35C1D0] [cid:image003.jpg@01CF8FBC.3E77B590] Great state. Great opportunity. This correspondence is for the named persons only. It may contain confidential or privileged information or both. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mis transmission. If you receive this correspondence in error please delete it from your system immediately and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or relay on any part of this correspondence, if you are not the intended recipient. Any opinions expressed in this message are those of the individual sender except where the sender expressly, and with the authority, states them to be the opinions of the Queensland Government. All reasonable precautions will be taken to respect the privacy of individuals in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld).
