Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S968218AbWLEUaw (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:30:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S968658AbWLEUaw (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:30:52 -0500 Received: from ns2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:59193 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S968218AbWLEUav (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:30:51 -0500 From: Andreas Schwab To: "Marty Leisner" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bug-cpio@gnu.org, martin.leisner@xerox.com Subject: Re: ownership/permissions of cpio initrd References: <200612051720.kB5HKU4i001616@dell2.home> X-Yow: Let's all show human CONCERN for REVEREND MOON's legal difficulties!! Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:30:40 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200612051720.kB5HKU4i001616@dell2.home> (Marty Leisner's message of "Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:20:30 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 845 Lines: 21 "Marty Leisner" writes: > Since a cpio is just a userspace created string of bits, I suppose > you can apply a set of ownership/permissions to files IN the archive > by playing with the bits... -R, --owner=[USER][:.][GROUP] Set the ownership of all files created to the specified USER and/or GROUP Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstra?e 5, 90409 N?rnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/