I learned on this list that the '-p' option is used to retain 
permissions.

How does one make sure that _ownership_ info is preserved as well?

How does a tar archive store such info? Is it necessary to have a file, 
say in /etc, that tar uses that lists id numbers and ownership names? 

Howard Arons
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