On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 17:46 +0200, Roger Martinez wrote: > After the tar extract command > tar xvzf mozilla-1.7.8.fr-FR.linux-i686-gtk2+xft.tar.gz > or gzip -cd mozilla-1.7.8.fr-FR.linux-i686-gtk2+xft.tar.gz | tar xvf - > command > it's the same , owner change > > > ls -l give me that : mozilla repertory and all the follow with owner roger : > drwxr-xr-x 11 roger users 4096 May 12 12:04 mozilla > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14643030 May 16 23:31 > mozilla-1.7.8.fr-FR.linux-i686-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
It sounds like you're running the tar command as yourself. If you run it as yourself you do not have permissions to set the ownership on a file to root. Try running the tar command as root and see if that helps. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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