Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: tar
Perhaps related to bugs 1828 and 63338?
First of all:
The following works
tar tvfz SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
tar -tvf SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
but this DOESNT WORK
tar -tvfz SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
tar: z: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Then tar is very particular about the syntax for the --owner and --group
options but I got this command to execute:
tar --owner=www-data --group=www-data -xvf SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
however it has NO EFFECT AT ALL on the ownership of extracted files,
even when run as root
Just to check that www-data is a valid user:
grep www-data /etc/passwd
www-data:x:48:48:www-data:/srv/www:/bin/sh
Other variations of the command that you would expect to work, dont:
tar --owner=www-data --group=www-data -xvfz SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
tar: z: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar -xvf --owner=www-data --group=www-data SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
tar: --owner=www-data: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
** Affects: tar (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: tar
Perhaps related to bugs 1828 and 63338?
First of all:
- The following WORKS (good)
+ The following works
tar tvfz SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
tar -tvf SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
- but this DOESNT WORK (bad):
+ but this DOESNT WORK
tar -tvfz SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
tar: z: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Then tar is very particular about the syntax for the --owner and --group
options but I got this command to execute:
tar --owner=www-data --group=www-data -xvf SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
however it has NO EFFECT AT ALL on the ownership of extracted files,
even when run as root
Just to check that www-data is a valid user:
grep www-data /etc/passwd
www-data:x:48:48:www-data:/srv/www:/bin/sh
Other variations of the command that you would expect to work, dont:
- tar --owner=www-data --group=www-data -xvfz
/mnt/share/downloads/twiki/SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
+ tar --owner=www-data --group=www-data -xvfz SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
tar: z: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar -xvf --owner=www-data --group=www-data SectionalEditPlugin.tgz
tar: --owner=www-data: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
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tar --owner and --group options don't work
https://launchpad.net/bugs/84106
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