Tar permissions transfer across machines - Ask Ubuntu
i have files/folders on server a, , users own them root
, user1
. if pack them tar file , move them server b, permissions transfer correctly server b if have 2 users named root
, user1
on server well?
only if server : root
, server b : root
, , server : user1
, server b : user1
have same uid
s (the 3rd field in /etc/passwd
entry)
tar
not store username, uid
. uid
s converted usernames locally, convenience of humans.
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