There has been changes in the way a tar(1) restore to a temporary directory constructs directory ownerships; as login theuser, in ${HOME}:
mkdir xxx xxx/yyy; touch xxx/yyy/zzz su Password: # cd / # tar cvf home/theuser/aaa.tar home/theuser/xxx home/theuser/xxx/ home/theuser/xxx/yyy/ home/theuser/xxx/yyy/zzz # cd /home/theuser/ # mv xxx xxx.bak # tar xvf aaa.tar home/theuser/xxx/ home/theuser/xxx/yyy/ home/theuser/xxx/yyy/zzz # ls -al home /home /home: total drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Nov 6 23:52 ./ drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 4096 Nov 7 10:41 ../ drwxr-xr-x 72 theuser users 16384 Nov 8 00:14 theuser/ home: total drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 8 00:14 ./ drwxr-xr-x 72 theuser users 16384 Nov 8 00:14 ../ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 8 00:14 theuser/ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ I verified that the ownership of the restored directory, theuser/, was correct in a 2012 version of Linux. John -- John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141108083251.16945.qm...@rahul.net