Jan Minar wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 09:25:58AM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote: > > "tar: tmda-cgi-0.12/htdocs/display/dyn_buttons/subtopic9.png: Cannot > > change ownership to uid 102725, gid 100: Invalid argument" > > Hi, Rick. > > In Linux 2.4, the GIDs (& UIDs too) are 16 bit, i.e. 0 to 2^16 - 1, > which is 65535. 102725 > 65535. > > I guess the error isn't fatal, and the files untar just fine, only the > group ownership is bogus? > > HTH. > Jan Minar
****************************** > Thanks Jan, > Are you saying that Debian stable appears > outdated to this program/process? Not at all. The GID value has nothing to do with anything apart from the number of groups that can coexist at a given time on a given system. The GID will be bogus anyway, just think about it... The system requirements/known incompatibilities should be stated in the app documentation. What system was the tar packed on, I wonder? ****************************** On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 02:22:23PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote: > I've posted to the tmda-users list before I posted > to the debian-users list, but got no response. > I checked their archives. Someone else had basically the > same problem as mine but, the problem wasn't solved. > I've just sent my question to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > who is someone more directly involved with the project. It's not a bug, the UIDs have no meaning on a system other than the original one. You should never unpack the UIDs, there is a tar option for that, rtfm. If there wasn't it'd be a tar bug. HTH. Jan Minar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
