unix.stackexchange.com/questions/364544/ code sample @ 1495207251

gistfile1.txt

users you are using in both scenarios
	working trad VPS
		id
			uid=512(tradvpsuser) gid=514(tradvpsuser) groups=514(tradvpsuser),10(wheel)
		username
			tradvpsuser
	failing AWS VPS
		id
			uid=501(awsvpsuser) gid=501(awsvpsuser) groups=501(awsvpsuser),10(wheel),502(www)
		username
			awsvpsuser

show content of tar archive -t switch, only few lines to see permissions
	working trad VPS
		drwxr-xr-x alan/staff        0 2017-04-21 08:27 ./site-languages/assets/
		-rwxr-xr-x alan/staff     1781 2017-04-21 08:27 ./site-languages/config.php
		drwxr-xr-x alan/staff        0 2017-04-21 08:27 ./site-languages/install/
		drwxr-xr-x alan/staff        0 2017-04-21 08:27 ./site-languages/modules/
		drwxr-xr-x alan/staff        0 2017-04-21 08:27 ./site-languages/templates/
		-rwxr-xr-x alan/staff     3750 2017-04-21 08:27 ./site-languages/templates/_func.php
		-rwxr-xr-x alan/staff     1005 2017-04-21 08:27 ./site-languages/templates/_init.php
		-rwxr-xr-x alan/staff     5703 2017-04-21 08:27 ./site-languages/templates/_main.php
		-rwxr-xr-x alan/staff      467 2017-04-21 08:27 ./site-languages/templates/admin.php
	failing AWS VPS
		drwxr-xr-x alan/staff        0 2017-04-21 12:27 ./site-languages/assets/
		-rwxr-xr-x alan/staff     1781 2017-04-21 12:27 ./site-languages/config.php
		drwxr-xr-x alan/staff        0 2017-04-21 12:27 ./site-languages/install/
		drwxr-xr-x alan/staff        0 2017-04-21 12:27 ./site-languages/modules/
		drwxr-xr-x alan/staff        0 2017-04-21 12:27 ./site-languages/templates/
		-rwxr-xr-x alan/staff     3750 2017-04-21 12:27 ./site-languages/templates/_func.php
		-rwxr-xr-x alan/staff     1005 2017-04-21 12:27 ./site-languages/templates/_init.php
		-rwxr-xr-x alan/staff     5703 2017-04-21 12:27 ./site-languages/templates/_main.php
		-rwxr-xr-x alan/staff      467 2017-04-21 12:27 ./site-languages/templates/admin.php