On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 09:25:58AM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote:
> "tar: tmda-cgi-0.12/htdocs/display/dyn_buttons/subtopic9.png: Cannot
> change ownership to uid 102725, gid 100: Invalid argument"

Hi, Rick.

In Linux 2.4, the GIDs (& UIDs too) are 16 bit, i.e. 0 to 2^16 - 1,
which is 65535.  102725 > 65535.  

I guess the error isn't fatal, and the files untar just fine, only the
group ownership is bogus?

HTH.

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