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by **gkrani** » Fri, 04 Jan 2002 23:18:50

Hi all , and a Happy New Year

I have the following problem.
I'm trying to transfer some files from a linux machine to a Reliant Unix.
First I use tar cvf and then gzip in order to compress the files.
Using ftp (in binary mode ) I transfer the files to the Reliant.
Then using again the gzip -d I uncompress the tar file and then I try to
extract the tar archive with tar xvf BUT I get the following message :

tar: Problem reading passwd entry: Not a directory
tar: insw/oem-SW-Recomm/oem-SWR/rm/omni_64bit/6.04.2/OMNI-A7IX/reloc
$OMNI_HOME/examples/isup/a7/: owner not changed
tar: Problem reading group entry: Not a directory
tar:
insw/oem-SW-Recomm/oem-SWR/rm/omni_64bit/6.04.2/OMNI-A7IX/reloc/$OMNI_HOME/e
xamples/isup/a7/: group not changed
tar: Directory checksum error

Can anyone tell me what the
tar: Problem reading passwd entry: Not a directory
tar: Problem reading group entry
tar: Directory checksum error
means , and how can I solve it ????

Thanks !!

by **Doug Freyubrg** » Sat, 05 Jan 2002 02:24:05

> I'm trying to transfer some files from a linux machine to a Reliant Unix.

> tar: Problem reading passwd entry: Not a directory
> tar: Problem reading group entry: Not a directory

Fix by adding "o" to the tar extraction switches, so it does not depend upon
ownership data.

Quote:> tar: Directory checksum error

This means your source tar file is invalid. Since you transferred it in binary
mode with FTP, I do not believe that is the problem. It is possible that Linux
vs Reliant Unix have a big-endian vs little-endian problem, if so do not
compress the file just FTP it intact. Also, trying dd conv=swab may help.

I suspect the problem is versions of tar, though. Linux uses GNU-tar IIRC, but
Reliant may use an older format. Try specifiying your format on the Linux end
and cycle through the available formats. Given the permission problems, I
think the format used on the Linux end takes more space to encode file
attributes, and that throws off the extraction of the Reliant end. Old tar,
US tar, ANSI tar, GNU tar ...

by **Rev. Don Koo** » Sat, 05 Jan 2002 09:46:53

>>I'm trying to transfer some files from a linux machine to a Reliant Unix.

>>tar: Problem reading passwd entry: Not a directory
>>tar: Problem reading group entry: Not a directory

> Fix by adding "o" to the tar extraction switches, so it does not depend upon
> ownership data.

>>tar: Directory checksum error

> This means your source tar file is invalid. Since you transferred it in binary
> mode with FTP, I do not believe that is the problem. It is possible that Linux
> vs Reliant Unix have a big-endian vs little-endian problem, if so do not
> compress the file just FTP it intact. Also, trying dd conv=swab may help.

> I suspect the problem is versions of tar, though. Linux uses GNU-tar IIRC, but
> Reliant may use an older format. Try specifiying your format on the Linux end
> and cycle through the available formats. Given the permission problems, I
> think the format used on the Linux end takes more space to encode file
> attributes, and that throws off the extraction of the Reliant end. Old tar,
> US tar, ANSI tar, GNU tar ...

Yes, as LINUX isn't a UNIX system, there tend to be problems operating in
such a heterogeneous environment. Your best bet is to get rid of the
LINTEL boxes and install UNIX systems in their place. That way you will
be standards compliant and problems such as this will be minimized.

Hope this helps,
Don

--
*********************** You a bounty hunter?
* Rev. Don McDonald * Man's gotta earn a living.
* Baltimore, MD * Dying ain't much of a living, boy.
*********************** "Outlaw Josey Wales"

by **Mike Pop** » Sat, 05 Jan 2002 13:27:11

So you even trash those that are in the process of doing execly as you wish?
*!

> >>I'm trying to transfer some files from a linux machine to a Reliant
Unix.

> >>tar: Problem reading passwd entry: Not a directory
> >>tar: Problem reading group entry: Not a directory

> > Fix by adding "o" to the tar extraction switches, so it does not depend
upon
> > ownership data.

> >>tar: Directory checksum error

> > This means your source tar file is invalid. Since you transferred it in
binary
> > mode with FTP, I do not believe that is the problem. It is possible
that Linux
> > vs Reliant Unix have a big-endian vs little-endian problem, if so do not
> > compress the file just FTP it intact. Also, trying dd conv=swab may
help.

> > I suspect the problem is versions of tar, though. Linux uses GNU-tar
IIRC, but
> > Reliant may use an older format. Try specifiying your format on the
Linux end
> > and cycle through the available formats. Given the permission problems,
I
> > think the format used on the Linux end takes more space to encode file
> > attributes, and that throws off the extraction of the Reliant end. Old
tar,
> > US tar, ANSI tar, GNU tar ...

> Yes, as LINUX isn't a UNIX system, there tend to be problems operating in
> such a heterogeneous environment. Your best bet is to get rid of the
> LINTEL boxes and install UNIX systems in their place. That way you will
> be standards compliant and problems such as this will be minimized.

> Hope this helps,
> Don

> --
> *********************** You a bounty hunter?
> * Rev. Don McDonald * Man's gotta earn a living.
> * Baltimore, MD * Dying ain't much of a living, boy.
> *********************** "Outlaw Josey Wales"

by **Rev. Don Koo** » Sun, 06 Jan 2002 12:44:11

> So you even trash those that are in the process of doing execly as you wish?

Where do you see me "trash(ing)" anyone who is "in the process of doing
execly [sic] as (I) wish", Mikey? I simply pointed out to the boy the
problems with mixing UNIX and LINTEL systems. Putting UNIX systems
together with non UNIX systems such as LINUX, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenVMS,
etc. always leads to administrative headaches.

Happy to have cleared things up for you,
Don

--
*********************** You a bounty hunter?
* Rev. Don McDonald * Man's gotta earn a living.
* Baltimore, MD * Dying ain't much of a living, boy.
*********************** "Outlaw Josey Wales"

by **Andrew Robertso** » Mon, 07 Jan 2002 00:51:27

>> So you even trash those that are in the process of doing execly as you
>> wish?

> Where do you see me "trash(ing)" anyone who is "in the process of doing
> execly [sic] as (I) wish", Mikey? I simply pointed out to the boy the
> problems with mixing UNIX and LINTEL systems. Putting UNIX systems
> together with non UNIX systems such as LINUX, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenVMS,
> etc. always leads to administrative headaches.

> Happy to have cleared things up for you,
> Don

Did Microsoft or some other loathsome company clone you in a dirty bathtub
or what? In fact, I have ignored you until this morning, but now I see
that you haven't helped one person out at all. Jeez.

How's life under the bridge?