On Aug 22 22:54, cyg Simple wrote: > On 8/22/2018 6:36 PM, L A Walsh wrote: > > Ran in to this trying to use tar to store acls and xattrs: > > > >>  tar caf lawbins.tar scripts scripts- bin > > tar: miner.js: Warning: Cannot acl_to_text: Invalid argument > > tar: run-crons.sys: Warning: Cannot acl_to_text: Invalid argument > > tar: smallprof.out: Warning: Cannot acl_to_text: Invalid argument > > tar: tmon.out: Warning: Cannot acl_to_text: Invalid argument > > tar: ubytes_to_utf8.new: Warning: Cannot acl_to_text: Invalid argument > > > > examining one of these: > > > >>  find bin -name tmon.out       > > bin/tmon.out > > > >>  lsacl bin/tmon.out > > [u::rwx,g::rwx,o:r-x,u:Unknown+User:rwx,g:Unknown+Group:rwx,g:Administrators:rwx,g:Bliss\Domain > > Admins:rwx,m:rwx/] bin/tmon.out > > > > I tried tar in an existing dir: > > > >>  mkdir test > >>  tar caf test.tar test > >>  ll test > > total 0 > >>  cd test > >>  tar xaf ../test.tar > >>  ll > > total 0 > > drwxrwxr-x+ 1 0 Aug 22 15:26 test/ > >>  lsacl test > > [u::rwx,g::rwx,g:Bliss\lawgroup:rwx,g:Bliss\Domain > > Admins:rwx,m:rwx,o:r-x/ > > u::rwx,g::rwx,g:Bliss\lawgroup:rwx,g:Bliss\Domain > > Admins:rwx,m:rwx,o:r-x] test > > > > With the above and only standard separator chars, no problem > > > > I'm guessing, but '+' is a reserved char that's not permitted in > > acl_to_text... > > You're misinterpreting the '+'. It was used in place of ' ' (a space) > in "Unknown User" and "Unknown Group". Now why isn't "Domain Admins" > also "Domain+Admins" is a question of pondering. No, you are misinterpreting the '+'. It's in fact the domain+account separator character in Cygwin, just as it was in Interix. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat