From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 8 02:01:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88E5E10656D6 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2012 02:01:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AA728FC19 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2012 02:01:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pps.filterd (ltcfislmsgpa01 [127.0.0.1]) by ltcfislmsgpa01.fnfis.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id q281w7Rj029401 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 20:01:27 -0600 Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.17]) by ltcfislmsgpa01.fnfis.com with ESMTP id 13ekab81gy-1 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:01:27 -0600 Received: from dtwin (10.14.152.15) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.17) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.323.3; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 20:01:26 -0600 From: Devin Teske To: FreeBSD Questions Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 18:01:35 -0800 Message-ID: <0f4401ccfccf$64ce6720$2e6b3560$@fisglobal.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: Acz8zw1m8VFvlXKYSGmN2VDhpMUF/g== Content-Language: en-us X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.15] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.6.7498, 1.0.260, 0.0.0000 definitions=2012-03-07_08:2012-03-08, 2012-03-07, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: devin.teske@fisglobal.com Subject: tar(1) and --uid/--gid on 9.0-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:01:28 -0000 I see in the tar(1) man-page on FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE two options that I would like to use: --uid # --gid # Naturally, these are used to override the on-disk credentials while creating (or extracting) an archive. Problem? They don't seem to be supported. % tar cf some_archive.tar --gid 0 --uid 0 somedir tar: Option --gid is not supported ... WTF?! -- Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.