[ale] weird tgz shenanigans

[Jeff Hubbs]

Two possibilities:

1) Your wife is a 733t h4xor.

2) somehow the UID and GID of michele/michele have become the same as
those of root.

- Jeff

On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 14:30, Jeff Rose wrote:
> I downloaded a .tgz file, saved it in my home directory. 
> 
> -rw-------    1 jeff     jeff       291027 Dec  5 14:16 netdrivers.tgz 
> 
> if I issue tar xvfz netdrivers.tgz as root, the unzipped files end up
> belonging to my wife.  
> 
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     49008 Nov 16 22:07 winbond-840.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele    122618 Nov 17 10:03 tulip.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     50904 Nov 17 10:24 sundance.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     49863 Nov 17 10:32 ns820.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele      6131 Nov 17 10:46 Makefile
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     47960 Nov 17 11:21 epic100.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     71471 Nov 17 12:19 eepro100.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     10506 Nov 17 12:37 kern_compat.h
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     55787 Nov 17 13:00 rtl8139.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     85842 Nov 17 15:09 3c59x.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     46084 Nov 17 16:16 intel-gige.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     50538 Nov 17 17:14 starfire.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     44533 Nov 17 18:38 via-rhine.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     44069 Nov 17 20:48 hamachi.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     53362 Nov 17 21:15 myson803.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     46477 Nov 17 21:25 natsemi.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     48485 Nov 17 22:16 yellowfin.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele     55707 Nov 18 10:45 pci-skeleton.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 michele  michele      3363 Nov 18 10:48 netdrivers.spec
> -rw-------    1 jeff     jeff       291027 Dec  5 14:16 netdrivers.tgz
> 
> But if I issue tar xvfz as jeff, they belong to me. 
> 
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        49008 Nov 16 22:07 winbond-840.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff       122618 Nov 17 10:03 tulip.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        50904 Nov 17 10:24 sundance.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        49863 Nov 17 10:32 ns820.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff         6131 Nov 17 10:46 Makefile
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        47960 Nov 17 11:21 epic100.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        71471 Nov 17 12:19 eepro100.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        10506 Nov 17 12:37 kern_compat.h
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        55787 Nov 17 13:00 rtl8139.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        85842 Nov 17 15:09 3c59x.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        46084 Nov 17 16:16 intel-gige.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        50538 Nov 17 17:14 starfire.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        44533 Nov 17 18:38 via-rhine.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        44069 Nov 17 20:48 hamachi.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        53362 Nov 17 21:15 myson803.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        46477 Nov 17 21:25 natsemi.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        48485 Nov 17 22:16 yellowfin.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff        55707 Nov 18 10:45 pci-skeleton.c
> -rw-r--r--    1 jeff     jeff         3363 Nov 18 10:48 netdrivers.spec
> -rw-------    1 jeff     jeff       291027 Dec  5 14:16 netdrivers.tgz
> 
> Why is this?   
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Rose
> 
> jojerose at mindspring.com
> 
> 
> 
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