Package: tar Version: 1.15.91-2 Severity: important When I extract files with tar, as root, extracted files' UID is not always root, but sometimes other UIDs, for example bab (an user account on my computer), or 1100, which is not a user account on my computer. Here follows two examples of a session, to help you understand the problem, and my /etc/passwd file. I have been encountering this bug for a long time, on different computers, with different versions of the kernel and of the coreutils. Thanks for telling me if I can do anything to help diagnose this very annoying problem.
-- Example 1 -- portnico:~# whoami root portnico:~# ls -l mpg321* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113449 2006-07-22 21:39 mpg321-0.2.10.tar.gz portnico:~# tar xzvf mpg321-0.2.10.tar.gz mpg321-0.2.10/ mpg321-0.2.10/Makefile.in mpg321-0.2.10/debian/ mpg321-0.2.10/debian/changelog <snip> portnico:~# ls -l mpg321* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113449 2006-07-22 21:39 mpg321-0.2.10.tar.gz mpg321-0.2.10: total 520 -rw-r--r-- 1 bab bab 8838 2002-03-24 06:04 aclocal.m4 -rw-r--r-- 1 bab bab 16076 2002-03-24 06:49 ao.c -rw-r--r-- 1 bab bab 661 2002-03-24 00:00 AUTHORS -rw-r--r-- 1 bab bab 753 2002-03-24 00:15 BUGS portnico:~# -- Example 2 -- portnico:~# ls -l total 1216652 <snip> drwxr-xr-x 2 bab bab 4096 2006-07-08 15:21 caml2html-1.2.4 <snip> drwxr-xr-x 6 24253 21117 4096 2002-01-26 22:08 cl75 <snip> drwxr-xr-x 5 508 users 4096 1997-09-14 10:08 goemon -rw-r--r-- 1 508 users 6454 1997-09-14 10:12 goemon.cfg <snip> drwxrwxrwx 5 bab users 4096 2006-06-20 09:09 minidock-1.4 <snip> drwxr-xr-x 4 1100 1100 4096 2006-07-02 14:47 ndiswrapper-1.19 <snip> drwxr-xr-x 5 1100 1100 4096 2005-08-20 14:16 ndiswrapper-1.3rc1 portnico:~# -- /etc/passwd -- root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh postgres:x:31:32:postgres:/var/lib/postgres:/bin/sh www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh operator:x:37:37:Operator:/var:/bin/sh list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh telnetd:x:101:101::/nonexistent:/bin/false sshd:x:100:65534::/var/run/sshd:/bin/false messagebus:x:102:107::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false bab:x:1000:1000:Barbara,,,:/home/bab:/bin/bash -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages tar depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries tar recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
