Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!midway!clout!chinet!les
From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Problem with tar
Keywords: tar
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.035131.6496@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 19 Jun 91 03:51:31 GMT
References: <1560@cash.cs.utexas.edu>
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
Lines: 13

In article <1560@cash.cs.utexas.edu> luong@cs.utexas.edu (Hue Nhu Luong) writes:

>	tar -xvf xloadimage.3.01.tar
>	tar: can't set time on Makefile.std: Not owner
>	tar: README: HELP - extract write error: Permission denied

Sounds like you are on sysV where non-root users can change a file's
ownership and tar defaults to restoring the original owners id.  Use the
o option to make all the files owned by yourself:
tar xovf file

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us