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-rw-r--r--Lib/tarfile.py8
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index a563ffb..47be1d4 100644
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -928,8 +928,8 @@ class TarInfo(object):
self.chksum = 0 # header checksum
self.type = REGTYPE # member type
self.linkname = "" # link name
- self.uname = "root" # user name
- self.gname = "root" # group name
+ self.uname = "" # user name
+ self.gname = "" # group name
self.devmajor = 0 # device major number
self.devminor = 0 # device minor number
@@ -1112,8 +1112,8 @@ class TarInfo(object):
info.get("type", REGTYPE),
stn(info.get("linkname", ""), 100),
stn(info.get("magic", POSIX_MAGIC), 8),
- stn(info.get("uname", "root"), 32),
- stn(info.get("gname", "root"), 32),
+ stn(info.get("uname", ""), 32),
+ stn(info.get("gname", ""), 32),
itn(info.get("devmajor", 0), 8, format),
itn(info.get("devminor", 0), 8, format),
stn(info.get("prefix", ""), 155)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ea9c502..acdccd1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #9065: tarfile no longer uses "root" as the default for the uname and
+ gname field.
+
- Issue #1050268: parseaddr now correctly quotes double quote and backslash
characters that appear inside quoted strings in email addresses.