[8052] in bugtraq
Re: tar "features"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vonne Lynch)
Mon Sep 28 13:47:19 1998
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 10:28:28 -0400
Reply-To: Vonne Lynch <siobhan@RUSH.NET>
From: Vonne Lynch <siobhan@RUSH.NET>
X-To: Amos Hayes <ahayes@polkaroo.net>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980925123918.2664F-100000@smurf.ingenia.com>
GNU Tar has it by default that it will not tar into absolute pathnames,
unless you specifically ask it to with --absolute-path, it also will *not*
even untar(extract) something tarred with absolute paths into those paths
unless
you also specify the same option, that makes GNU tar a *little* more safe,
although the circumstances brought up were pretty extreme.
-V
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Vonne Lynch siobhan@rush.net
"Three Things which a successful Systems Admin must have: "a quick wit,
quick hands, and a quick connection" - A Modern Technical Triad
Siobhan Padraig Ceallechain - Comhairle na Clannada na Gadelica,
Tuath na Talamh na Dorchadas Cathairacha siobhan@clannada.org
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