Cocktail unable to repair permissions

Hello,
when last time I ran Cocktail to repair permissions, a message popped up saying: >>unable to repair permissions, make sure " " is accessible and receipts are present in the /Library/Receipts folder<<
here is the cocktail log:
2007-06-27 12:22:54.517 Cocktail[196] Cocktail 3.8 launched.
2007-06-27 12:23:11.385 Cocktail[196] Checking for update. No new update available.
2007-06-27 12:24:37.891 Cocktail[196] Launch Services database has been rebuilt.
2007-06-27 12:24:54.226 Cocktail[196] myErrorDict={
NSAppleScriptErrorBriefMessage = "The variable diskNameForPermissions is not defined.";
NSAppleScriptErrorMessage = "The variable diskNameForPermissions is not defined.";
NSAppleScriptErrorNumber = -2753;
NSAppleScriptErrorRange = <00000000 00000000 >;
2007-06-27 12:24:59.154 Cocktail[196] Unable to repair disk permissions. Make sure " " is accessible and the receipts are present in the /Library/Receipts folder.
has somebody any idea how to fix it?
Thank you very much

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