chown (was: at files and permissions)

Root Boy Jim rbj at dsys.ncsl.nist.gov
Tue Aug 1 07:41:43 AEST 1989


? From: Peter da Silva <peter at ficc.uu.net>

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

Great. Do it as root. Tar only does this as root.

? Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
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ESIG2WIDE.

	Root Boy Jim
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