Permission Denied

I just recently got a new system so I am in the process of getting used to it.

while untarring an archive:

$ gunzip -c sawmill6.3.5_x86_freebsd.tar.gz | tar xf -
tar: Could not create file sawmill/README : Permission denied
tar: Could not create file sawmill/LICENSE : Permission denied
tar: Could not create file sawmill/Extras/ldapauth.pl : Permission denied
tar: Could not create file sawmill/sawmill6.3.5 : Permission denied
I have root access, yet permission is denied. Most likely I'm missing something obvious. The question is... what is it?

=THanks

 

 

 

 

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