[ale] weird tgz shenanigans

[Robert L. Harris]

On the remote box where you made the tarball do an "id jeff"
Thus spake Jeff Rose (jojerose at mindspring.com):

> Subject: Re: [ale] weird tgz shenanigans
> From: Jeff Rose <jojerose at mindspring.com>
> To: ale at ale.org
> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-4) 
> Date: 05 Dec 2002 15:13:20 -0500
> 
>  
> > On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 14:50, rhiannen wrote:
> > > wife uid == root uid
> > > root == god
> > > god == ultimate power
> > > 
> > > oh, the fun I could have with the emerging associations.... ;) 
> > 
> haha. yes, but I already knew who wears the pants in this family.  I
> thought I was the master of this domain at least.  
> 
> per the id command,
> 
> id root
> uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
> groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel)
> 
> id michele
> uid=501(michele) gid=501(michele) groups=501(michele)
> 	
> id jeff
> uid=500(jeff) gid=500(jeff) groups=500(jeff),503(music)
> 
> it only happens when I save a file as jeff and then untar it as root. 
> If I save a file and untar as root, root is the owner.  Maybe I don't
> fully understand the uid,gid thing but see how root could be the same as
> michele.
> 
> 
> > > rhia
> > > knowledge is power: arm yourself
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Rose
> 
> jojerose at mindspring.com
> 
> 
> 
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 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'

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