On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, you wrote:
>I just tarred my '/' partition to my /opt partition on HDD 0, removed the
>HDD (HDD 1) it resided on and replaced it with a new HDD 0 containing a
>bigger '/' space, and untarred the '/' archive to the new partition.
>The newly installed '/' fs booted up and runs, but not without a small
>problem:
>
>The permissions for some directories and files were not restored
>correctly. Problem seems to be write access for "others," where it had
>been set. Example: /dev/null; some files in /var/spool/mail.
>
>Why did this happen, or better, what should I have done during 'tar -c'
>or 'tar -x' to prevent it? Is this a 'umask' problem?
>
>Howard Arons
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Hi
Try the -p option in tar
this should restore the same ownership and permissions
Kevin
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