Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2047 mails)

[hlarons@xxxxxxxxxx (Howard Arons)]

On Jan 28, 1999, Howard Arons wrote:
...
> The permissions for some directories and files were not restored 
> correctly. Problem seems to be write access for "others," where it had 
> been set. Example: /dev/null; some files in /var/spool/mail.
> 
> Why did this happen, or better, what should I have done during 'tar -c' 
> or 'tar -x' to prevent it? Is this a 'umask' problem?

First, sincere thanks to S Troeger and K Murphy for your responses. I 
read the tar info, and noted the '-p' option, but never truly 
understood it--my experiments with tar always seemed to restore the 
permissions correctly. That was just happenstance, I guess, 
demonstrating yet again that most the excercise I get is jumping to 
conclusions.

<shameless_flattery>
I'd also like to add a personal note in praise of Stefan Troeger--your 
posts here and on other lists are always models of clarity, brevity and 
utility. I admire and respect that.
</shameless_flattery>

Howard Arons

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