1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 45701c985..503db5f78 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -818,6 +818,10 @@ int tar_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                              | ARCHIVE_PRESERVE_DATE
                              | ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_UNCONDITIONAL;
 
+        /* Apparently only root's tar preserves parms (see bug 3844) */
+        if (getuid() != 0)
+                tar_handle->ah_flags |= ARCHIVE_NOPRESERVE_PERM;
+
         /* Prepend '-' to the first argument if required */
         opt_complementary = "--:" // first arg is options
                 "tt:vv:" // count -t,-v