Sorry, this turned out to be user error.  The guy who setup the Linux 
tar did it from an installation with the wrong permissions.

ndr wrote:

>Use GNU tar on solaris would be one way. What version of solaris? I have
>never run into this problem before.
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>On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 04:05:40PM -0500, Marvin GodfatherofSoul Bellamy wrote:
>::I'm trying to extract a tar of a product onto a Linux box.  The tar was 
>::built on a Solaris box.  The problem is some directories lose their 
>::executable permissions, so the product no longer works on Linux unless 
>::manually tweaked.  Any clues as to what I can do to make the tar formats 
>::consistent?
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