After some discussion, which you can read at: http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/issues/detail?id=69
we've decided not to do anything about this at this time. Basically, this seems like a glibc limitation; bsdtar asks glibc to do the lookup and apparently glibc needs more than just /etc/password and /etc/group. We're willing to consider arguments to the contrary; please feel free to add your comments to the bug linked to just above. Cheers, Tim Kientzle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org