> I'm using tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 on Linux, and it seems that the owner > option is not working: > > I try to do the following command (as a root user) : > > tar -xvf livre_20120221.tar --no-same-owner --owner=wwwrun --group=www
The --owner option does not affect extraction, which is clearly stated in the documentation. Please, see: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Option-Summary.html#g_t_002d_002downer Regards, Sergey
