GNU Tar v1.29 ACL File/Folder Permissions Question/Problem

[Ken Brown]

On 7/21/2017 4:59 PM, Timothy Beryl Grahek wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Whenever I have ACL enabled in /etc/fstab, I run into file access
> problems with GNU Tar. To be clear, a simple scenario is to tar a few
> folders, then extract them. In numerous cases, I am unable to enter
> the folders I have extracted without entering a "chmod 744" as an
> administrator.
> 
> I have consequently disabled ACL in /etc/fstab, which has fixed this problem.
> 
> Anybody have any ideas as to why this happens and how to avoid it
> without disabling ACL?

Could the problem be caused by the default ACL on the directory you're 
extracting into?  If so, the -b or -k option to 'setfacl' might help.  See

   https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setfacl.html

Ken


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