Tar does not preserv parent permissions on directorys.
I have this problem when I use include list.
The include list
cat include
/home/johaqing/index.html
The create command
tar cvpf tar.test.tar --files-from /root/include
Listing the tar file shows nothing about the parent folders read/write/execute permissions.
tar tvf tar.test.tar
-rw-rw-r-- johaqing/johaqing 2478 2016-06-20 13:55 home/johaqing/index.html
tar xvpf tar.test.tar -C /home/johaqing/
gives
ls -la /home/johaqing/home/johaqing/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 23 Dec 14 15:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 21 Dec 14 15:19 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 johaqing johaqing 2478 Jun 20 2016 index.html
If tar would have preserved it correct the it would have been like this.
ls -la /home/johaqing/
drwx------. 6 johaqing johaqing 4096 Dec 14 15:19 .
drwxr-xr-x. 12 root root 4096 Jun 29 2016 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 johaqing johaqing 2478 Jun 20 2016 index.html
tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.26
uname -a
Linux XXX:XXX:XXX 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Feb 16 17:03:50 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Is this a bug or is it as intended?
Is there any workaround?
BR
Ingemar Johansson
