+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1220890 +++ Description of problem: When a tarball is extracted using --acls option the default ACLs for directories are set despite the tarball doesn't have default ACLS set in them. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tar-1.26-29.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Apply some acls to a set of files/directories 2. Tar them up 3. Extract them 4. View the acls set on the files/directories, they will be default acls Actual results: Using the --acls flag causes default ACLs to be applied on extraction. Expected results: Use the --acls flag to preserve ACLs when extracting files and directories Additional info: This has been resolved upstream: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/tar-1.27.1-default-acls.patch?h=f21&id=486bd7adf8f8ba625d937b1016bc2fe366569089 and is discussed here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-tar@gnu.org/msg04355.html
For RHEL6 the Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable) is: tar-1.23-11.el6.x86_64
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0750.html