Patch-ID# 101072-01
Keywords: CTE3707, tar, option, -p, symbolic, links, xvpf, restore, ownerships
Synopsis: 4.1.1;4.1.2;4.1.3: tar xvpf does not restore the original ownerships on symbolic links
Date: Jul/07/93
 
SunOS release: 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3
 
Unbundled Product: 
 
Unbundled Release: 
 
Topic: Root should be able to set the ownership of symbolic links.
 
BugId's fixed with this patch: 1095930

Changes incorporated in this version: 

Architectures for which this patch is available: sun3 (all), sun4 (all)

Patches which may conflict with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: tar

Note:	The tar executables provided with this patch are suitable
	for all 4.x releases of SunOS.

Problem Description: 
	When 'tar xvp' restores a symbolic link, the ownerships of the
	symbolic link file become the same as the process running tar.

Note:	Remember, as always, only root can set the ownerships of files
	to anything other than that of the running process.  For this
	fix to take effect, you must run tar as root.

INSTALL: 

   Login as root.

   mv /usr/bin/tar /usr/bin/tar.FCS
   cp `arch`/tar /usr/bin/tar
   chown root.staff /usr/bin/tar
   chmod 755 /usr/bin/tar
  
   
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