On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 12:17:53PM +0000, Gunther Nikl wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 09:59:05AM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Gunther Nikl wrote:
> > 
> > >     - mount your /usr partition to eg. /mnt
> > >     - cd /usr ; tar -cf - . | (cd /mnt && tar -xf -)
> > >       (be _very_ careful with the above commandline!)
> > >     - edit /etc/fstab and add the correct /usr mount data
> > 
> > 	Please do not try the above - you will lose the setuid bits on
> > 	programs and su and various other tools will beak for non root
> > 	use.
> 
>   Even if the the tar is run as root? I assume he must do it as root.

you need -p to extract file properties. (e.g., suid bits)

	-is