On Feb 4, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Arnie Stender wrote: > Dan Nicholson wrote: > >> Not if you did it as an unprivileged user. It'd be a security hole >> for >> you to copy stuff and retain other's privileges. Only root can do >> that. A simple `cp -a' works, but `tar' or `cpio' are probably better >> suited for this. I move package contents around all the time with >> tar. >> But, the important part is being root if you want to retain >> ownership/permissions. >> >> -- >> Dan > > Hi Dan, > I don't have time right now to test tar and cpio but I do know for > sure > a straight cp of an SUID file does NOT produce an SUID copy of the > file, > even if done as root. > > Arnie
What is this -a option? My man cp doesn't show any -a option. I had the same trouble with cp so I have done this; cd to the partition you want to move and tar cvpf - .|(cd /mnt/hda6; tar xvpf - .) Seems to work better. Arden -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
