[Mondo-devel] Error when restoring files (suid and guid)

Hi all,

I have an issue when restoring files from a backup (NFS). The problem is
very simple:

Before restore:

-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 27768 Jul 17  2006 /usr/bin/passwd

After restore:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27768 Jul 17  2006 /usr/bin/passwd

The suid has gone.

Same happens with the guid bit set when restoring from tarballs. This
behaviour is very unusual. If you made a tar from /bin for example, then
when untar the file restore all perms including those that has been whipped
out.


Is this a bug or my mistake?



Regards,

Sebastian