> I got crazy permissions here?! > > $ tar jxf plan9.tar.bz2 > tar: plan9/mnt/exportfs/16: Cannot mkdir: Permission denied > tar: plan9/mnt/exportfs/1: Cannot mkdir: Permission denied > tar: plan9/mnt/exportfs/10: Cannot mkdir: Permission denied
i'd guess that your tar isn't up to dealing with mode 555 on directories with substructure in the archive
