>>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:31 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Fargusson.Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, TAR and PAX archives store the UID > (depending on some command line options), so they tend to cause the owner of > a file to be wrong when restored on a different system then the one they were > created.
>From what I've experienced, GNU tar stores uid/gid _and_ username/groupname. >During the extract process, if the same user and group are on the system, it >uses them. If not, it restores things using uid/gid. > Basically it is a good idea to coordinate all the UIDs on all systems to > avoid problems. Agreed. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
