Re: [Bug-cpio] owner and sticky bit problem

[Albert Y. C. Lai]

Bernd Kloss wrote:
> The following problems occurred:
>
> For /tmp and /var/tmp the sticky bit is not being copied.
>
> All the homes belong to root:root with 755 instead of user:users.

Hi, several months ago I ran into this too. (And it's known before 
that.) To work around, omit "-depth" in your find command; this loses 
timestamps of directories but sets bits right (if directories are 
created new during unpacking).

(For reference,
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2008-04/threads.html#00000
)