Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED _POSIX_NO_TRUNC in ISC 2.2 Message-ID: Date: 24 May 91 19:51:32 GMT References: <1991May22.012236.5854@cs.rochester.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14 In article <1991May22.012236.5854@cs.rochester.edu> lubkin@cs.rochester.edu (Saul Lubkin) writes: > Actually, I'm beginning to "get hooked" on some of the POSIX features. For > example, when extracting a tar archive with the usual sysv semantics, unless > you are root, you cannot extract files (without using options) that belong > to a numerical id not in /etc/passwd (which is the usual case). POSIX > semantics extracts the file, making you the owner. I'm sorry, I can't figure out what you're talking about. Perhaps you can elaborate. The "usual sysv semantics" don't say squat about chown not working if the uid isn't in /etc/passwd. I do this all the time with no problem. -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"