If the user extracting is a “ordinary” user, the files will be owned by that user (by default).
If the user extracting is a super user, then the files ownership will be preserved (by default).
Note: This is by default and can be overridden when needed:
From the manual page of tar:
--same-owner
try extracting files with the same ownership as exists in the archive (default for superuser)
--no-same-owner
extract files as yourself (default for ordinary users) |
--same-owner
try extracting files with the same ownership as exists in the archive (default for superuser)
--no-same-owner
extract files as yourself (default for ordinary users)