On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 09:52:55AM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: > > > > Why wouldn't it unpack with root, wheel ownership? > > Tarfiles extracted as root preserve the original ownership of the > files. You can use the -o flag to make all the extracted files owned > by root.
Hmm. I am Linux guy getting into FreeBSD. This is new to me and this doesn't happen on any Linux flavor I have been on. Is there any particular reason for this default on FreeBSD? _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"