[buug] User/Group turbulence
Bob Read
unixjavabob at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 4 17:00:03 PST 2003
Also, Bill, if you're using tar, I think there's a
command-line flag for choosing to use the tar file's
user/group info for each file, or the current user's.
Might be "-v". Maybe similar flag for gzip/gunzip?
I know the man pages are just seconds away, and I
could look it up myself, but sh*t, it's Friday, sorry
dude.
Bob R.
--- Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Bill Honeycutt (wfhoney at pacbell.net):
>
> > I've somehow corrupted /etc/group file on a lowly
> fileserver....
>
> Well, maybe not. (Note: The above is your
> _diagnosis_, which isn't a
> useful thing to post. If you were so good at
> diagnosis, would you be
> seeking help? Fortunately, you posted the symptoms,
> too:)
>
> > Compiling mysql, I untar the source from a bash
> shell as root. I expect
> > to see all the files owned by
> >
> > root:root
> >
> > ...but instead see
> >
> > tom:dick
>
> You untarred it as the _root_ user, didn't you?
> Unpacking
> mysql-4.0.10-gamma.tar.gz with root authority, I
> get:
>
> uncle-enzo:/tmp/mysql-4.0.10-gamma# ls -al | more
> total 1693
> drwxrwxrwx 34 503 users 1024 Jan 29
> 03:50 .
> drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 8192 Apr 4
> 16:10 ..
> drwxrwxrwx 2 503 users 1024 Jan 29
> 03:50 BUILD
> -rw-r--r-- 1 503 users 19106 Jan 29
> 03:30 COPYING
> -rw-r--r-- 1 503 users 28003 Jan 29
> 03:30 COPYING.LIB
> -rw-r--r-- 1 503 users 37745 Jan 29
> 03:29 ChangeLog
> drwxrwxrwx 4 503 users 1024 Jan 29
> 03:50 Docs
> [...]
>
> Unpacking the same file with user "rick" authority,
> I get:
>
> /tmp/mysql-4.0.10-gamma $ ls -al | more
> total 1693
> drwxr-xr-x 34 rick rick 1024
> 2003-01-29 03:50 .
> drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 8192
> 2003-04-04 16:13 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 rick rick 6256
> 2003-01-29 03:29 acconfig.h
> -rw-r--r-- 1 rick rick 38584
> 2003-01-29 03:29 acinclude.m4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 rick rick 170496
> 2003-01-29 03:29 aclocal.m4
> drwxr-xr-x 48 rick rick 1024
> 2003-01-29 03:50 bdb
> drwxr-xr-x 2 rick rick 1024
> 2003-01-29 03:50 BUILD
> -rw-r--r-- 1 rick rick 37745
> 2003-01-29 03:29 ChangeLog
> drwxr-xr-x 2 rick rick 1024
> 2003-01-29 03:50 client
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rick rick 38693
> 2003-01-29 03:29 config.guess
> -rw-r--r-- 1 rick rick 21619
> 2003-01-29 03:29 config.h.in
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rick rick 28114
> 2003-01-29 03:29 config.sub
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rick rick 676004
> 2003-01-29 03:29 configure
> -rw-r--r-- 1 rick rick 77516
> 2003-01-29 03:29 configure.in
> -rw-r--r-- 1 rick rick 19106
> 2003-01-29 03:30 COPYING
> -rw-r--r-- 1 rick rick 28003
> 2003-01-29 03:30 COPYING.LIB
> drwxr-xr-x 2 rick rick 1024
> 2003-01-29 03:50 dbug
> [...]
>
> (Different sort order, but you get the idea.)
>
> Suggestion: _Don't_ use root authority when you
> don't need it.
>
> --
> Cheers, "Open your
> present...."
> Rick Moen "No, you open
> your present...."
> rick at linuxmafia.com Kaczinski
> Christmas.
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