<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I tried extracting a tar tape on a machine which did not > have the same users as the machine on which the tar tape was > created, it resulted in all the files created being owned by root. > > I would have expected that it should have created the files > with the same uid/gids as on the original machine. >
Yes. If you want to extract the same u/gids use the option "--same-owner". Otherwise the files become the property of the extractor. Graeme
