either assign the same UID/GIDs on both boxes to the same user, or do a chown -R after you untar-ed it. (also, it helps to have users use the same 'moniker' cross platforms.) On 3/3/21 7:53 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > When I "tar" up an archive the files have an owner bob, > when I extract that to another machine bob is there also but user number is > different. > So when I extract bob is no longer the owner of the files but someone else. > > Is there a good way to account for this ? > User ID on one box being different to the next box ? > > I was expecting to untar and bob still be the owner . > > Thanks, > > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos