Potential backup issues on servers with disabled /bin/tar

It has been brought to our attention that backups are not running
properly on servers that have disabled /bin/tar. To eliminate this issue before
it becomes a problem please check the following:

Permissions on /bin/tar should be 755. This can be accomplished from
a root shell via the following command:
root@host [~]# ls -l /bin/tar

If the result of that command starts as follows you are all set and
everything should be working:

-rwxr-xr-x

If not, please execute the following command:
root@host [~]# chmod 755 /bin/tar