NO, this is bad practice, notice the error message states to the effect of
"delaying exit" it extracts the files correctly useing your uid/gid.
Say i were to include a small suid script or program into a tarball nest
it several directories deep with dot prefix that instantly gives the user
running said program a root prompt, bad practice ;)
you should never ever extract as root unless the source is
trusted and then only if uid/gid information is critical
(backup/restore functions come to mind)
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I hope somebody can correct me if I am wrong...
> I think u need to extract it as root. It looks like the tar file is
> also trying to restore the permissions and ownership of the original
> files...
>
> But the error message is kinda wierd...anyone with better
> comments...(I'm sorry for going round the bush and not being of much
> help)..
> On 22 Jun, <-=Memphis=-> wrote:
> > When I tried to tar a tar or gz file, it extracted some of the files,
> > but also gave me some errors.
> > The errors are all the same.
> > Here is an example from my Acrobat Reader 4.0 Extraction
> > It happens in other program extractions too.
> > "tar: Ilinxr.install/install: Cannot chown to uid 1436 gid 100:
> > Operation not permitted"
> > what kinda of error is this?
> > Is this supposed to happen?
> > Thank you.
> >
>
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