[NTLUG:Discuss] screwed up rights!

[Richard Geoffrion]

> > I just did an ls -l in the /usr/src directory of a new server I'm
building
> > and I have to say that I have NO idea why the rights in this directory
are
> > so screwed up.  Check this out.
> >
> > ['ls -l /usr/src']
> > drwxr-xr-x    5 2222     2222          784 Jun 27 17:36
Net_SSLeay.pm-1.17/
> ...rest snipped...
>
> > Who the heck is user and group 2222!  It's not in my /etc/passwd file!
>>
> > All of these source code directories were extracted using the command
> > 'tar -zxvf /usr/download/example.gz'
>
> 1. The most likely cause, the packages were copied/unpackaged as root,
root
> will preserve the permission bits, including the uid/gid of the package
> being unarchived (untar'd).

Is it even possible for root to NOT preserve user/group permissions on
extract?