Re: BSD tar cannot archive files with setuid bit on -CURRENT

From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:29:52 -0800
Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> 
> After upgrading to 6-CURRENT from November 10, I found bsdtar cannot
> archive files with setuid bits anymore.
....
> 
> This problem can be reproduced by:
> 
> # cd /tmp
> # tar cvf xxx.tar /bin/rcp

This is now fixed.  (The problem was actually
with the schg flag, not the setuid bit.  Forcing
ustar format with --format=ustar is a workaround.)

Thanks for the report,

Tim
Received on Mon Nov 15 2004 - 00:29:53 UTC

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