Actually it IS bad practice...normally the su part comes when u do
"make install"...sorry for giving broken advice...thanks axalon for
putting me straight...
so what should memphis do?
On 21 Jun, Axalon wrote:
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> 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:
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>> 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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