home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!network.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!manuel.anu.edu.au!coombs!titus
- From: titus@coombs.anu.edu.au (titus chiu)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: [386 BSD] Permissions set wrong - HELP
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 22:26:26 GMT
- Organization: Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National University, Canberra.
- Lines: 21
- Message-ID: <1id1uiINN6n7@manuel.anu.edu.au>
- References: <C0618x.6uL@ais.org> <1993Jan1.105359.4807@runx.oz.au>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.76.2
- X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user on Coombs at ANU. The
- opinions expressed are those of the user and not necessarily
- those of the Australian National University.
-
- bde@runx.oz.au (Bruce Evans) writes:
-
- >zip). One advantage of cpio over tar is that it restores directory
- >permissions so the default /tmp permissions would get fixed up by a
- >/tmp with the correct permissions in another archive.
-
- that is incorrect i am afraid ;) .. tar will restore permission for
- root if the -p flag is used (i am pretty sure gnu tar has this flag) ..
-
- cheers
- .:. titus
-
- >--
- >Bruce Evans (bde@runx.oz.au)
-
-
- --
- titus chiu -- email: ---------------------
- ---- titus@coombs.anu.edu.au --
- dont drink and drive home ---- titus@turing.ORG ---------
- get stoned and fly home. -------------------------------
-