Tom Bishop wrote on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:43:50 -0600: > When I touch files > as root the correct uid and gid are root, however when untaring an archive > the directory and files are uid and gid =1000. Untarring *which* files? The standard behavior of tar is to keep the permissions etc. of the original. So, if they were owned by user x when tarring they will get untarred for user x. If you want to change this have a look at the section " Handling of file attributes:" of "tar --help". Kai -- Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com