id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc blockedby blocking branch_state votes 3709 Wrong directories owner for tar --numeric-owner -g tester "Try as root: mkdir -p TEST/TEST2 echo aaa > TEST/TEST2/aaa.txt chown 10000:10000 TEST chown 10001:10001 TEST/TEST2 chown 10002:10002 TEST/TEST2/aaa.txt tar --numeric-owner -zcf test1.tar.gz TEST tar --numeric-owner -g test.inc -zcf test2.tar.gz TEST and now view these tarballs with long view. Directories of test2.tar.gz have owner root instead of 10000 or 10001, but if you untar them using tar -xvf directories owners are correct" defect closed major 4.8.20 mc-vfs 4.8.18 fixed tar numeric-owner incremental no branch