[MPlayer-users] file owner

[jim lawrence]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:06:53 -0500, jim lawrence <fedorajim at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:04:40 +0100, Reimar Döffinger
> <Reimar.Doeffinger at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 11:54:23AM -0500, jim lawrence wrote:
> > > when i tried to install mplayer by building as per the instructions in
> > > the download, the file owner of MPlayer-1.0pre6a is changed to 1058
> > > of which they belong to group 103.  why is this?  i can't remove
> >
> > Do you mean the directory? Use the --no-same-owner for tar, though your
> > system is serverly misconfigured if this isn't default for non-root
> > users.
> > There are also the --user and --group options.
> >
> > > anything because THEY DON'T BELONG TO ME NOR ROOT
> >
> > root can delete anything no matter who owns it (except on some especially secure systems. But I doubt you run one like that). What do you think root is
> > there for?
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Reimar Döffinger
> >
> 
> 
> -- i'm not running any special system,  default set up from install
> 
> 
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> jim lawrence
> 

what are you saying to do??  
how can i change the ownership of a folder and files with in it to
someone else?
these are the properties of the folder  MPlayer-1.0pre6a
i untared them as a normal user 
file owner: 1058
Group Owner : 103  
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