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Date:      Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:29:52 -0800
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
To:        Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BSD tar cannot archive files with setuid bit on -CURRENT
Message-ID:  <41980690.5030405@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <4193C9E5.2090004@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <4193C9E5.2090004@FreeBSD.org>

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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



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