cpio -i preservation of ownership and permissions

From: Sandels, Mark (Mark.sandels_at_orh.nhs.uk)
Date: 08/28/03

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To: tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov

    Hi List,
      I've found that a cpio -iBcdumv does not always preserve permissions and
    owner/group ownership
    of directories when the command is run as root. What happens in these cases
    is that the
    owner and group are set to "root" and "system" respectively.

    Has anyone else any experience of this and is there a work-around?

    Mark Sandels
    Systems Developer
    Oxon Acute Health Informatics Service (OAHIS)
    Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
    Tel: (01865) (2)22879
    Email: mark.sandels@orh.nhs.uk
    Mail: Room 121
                Manor House Annexe
                John Radcliffe Hospital
                Headley Way
                Headington
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                OX3 9RR

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