Posted by Petr Vileta on 09/07/06 13:30
<nigel.t@by.uk> wrote in
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>
> It turns out the directory the .tar file is created in must have 777
> permissions ... 775 wont do it... it must have that extra bit set.
>
I'm not a Linux guru but maybe can help you to use some tar parameter. Try
to tell to tar thaht the temporary file must be created in /tmp dir. This
directory used to have 777 privileges at all. Or try to create tar file in
/tmp directory and after creating copy tar file to desired destination.
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