chown (was: at files and permissions)

[Peter da Silva]

In article <639 at godot.psc.edu>, ellis at godot.psc.edu (James Ellis) writes:
> So.  Are there other solutions provided by wide-open chown?
> (That's your cue, Peter.)

When I type 'cd //oldsys/path; find . -print | cpio -pvd //newsys/path'
I want file ownerships to be maintained.

I will leave the possibility of making cpio setuid for those with
stronger stomachs.
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