Disk permission repair

Repair does not fix extremely long list ....multiple runs end with Permission Repair Complete but the list is long and the same, sample of one item below....all items start with "ACL found but not expected..."
ACL found but not expected on “Library/QuickTime/AppleIntermediateCodec.component”
Repaired “Library/QuickTime/AppleIntermediateCodec.component”

At the bottom of your list is the key...
Resolution
You can safely ignore these messages. You can also usually ignore any "ACL found but not expected..." message. These messages can occur if you change permissions on a file or directory; they are accurate, but generally not a cause for concern.
I did change the permissions after the Time Machine restore and that has probably caused this event....thank you...Paladin26

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Disk Permission Repair Error: Warning: SUID file... will not be repaired

When running Disk Utility/Repair Disk Permissions, I get this warning at the end...
"Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired."
What does this mean?... and do I need to fix it?

That message from Disk Utility can be ignored.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?
charlie

Migration Tip - File Loading Issues solved by Disk Permission Repair

Had a huge problem with Excel files after migrating old iMac to new iMac via migration assistant using time machine backup of old iMac (external drive). After migration, old excel version did not work but we had alread purchased a new 2011 home version. Installed Excel 2011 after migrating and none of the Excel files would load on new iMac, from either machine - a pop up message said it could be a bunch of things, read only, etc... Numbers would access the Excel files, and could export to xls file type, but still the Excel file would not load in Excel.
From a thread suggestion, I ran the Disk Utility First Aid tab Verify Disk Permissions - holy cow, must have been two gazillion permission issues on a brand new machine - selected Repair Disk Permissions once the Verify list came up, and voila, all good on the Excel files now - they load fine.
(I assume that some of you actually know what happens and can explain it - something maybe about "cloning" the account from the Time Machine backup of my old iMac and not using a new account on the new machine, or something. Whatever, it seems that a new disk should not have two gazillion permission errors and that my migration from the Time Machine backup created them, and Disk Utility fixed them - all except two permissions that did not fix properly: itunes..../iPodUpdater and usr/lib/ruby - I assume those must be managed manually somehow if Disk Utility will not repair.)

Nice tip/report thanks!
Likely a different User UID owned those files, first user generally gets 501, second gets 502, etc., so as a rule, only one of them would have rights to the files.

Disk Permission Repair failure after partially successful update

The 10.5.2 update of my PowerBook G4 stalled at 'Writing Package Receipt'. After a hard reboot, I was able to access the desktop. The About This Mac showed 10.5.2 but there were no appropriate confirmation files in Receipts/boms or in the Console Log.
Attempting to complete the update using the Combo Package was not successful.
Tried to repair disk permissions from Disk Utility: never completed. So tried to repair permission using Disk Utility in the Leopard Installation DVD. This showed and warned that many of the permissions were changed and none of the permissions were corrected.
I have no clue what to do at this point other than an archive and install. Any suggestions from the wise folk who frequent this discussion board?

I finally resorted to an 'Archive and Install' option from the Leopard Installation DVD followed by Software Update. It installed 7 items including 10.5.2 Combo update. This was followed by the Graphics Update. I checked Installed Updates, Console and Library/Receipts/boms. All show that 10.5.2 was installed. I had a few anxious moments while the computer kept rebooting during the update process, but I kept my fingers away from the keyboard or power button! The update process did not take that long either.
Everything looks good to go-I will keep you folks informed if OS behavior is unusual.
Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

Repair Disk Permission Error Message

I routinely run Disk Permission Repair through the DU as part of maintaining my Mac (I can't help it - I was once a Windows user :)). Today when I ran this on my primary drive, I received this error:
Warning: SUID file "usr/bin/quota" has been modified and will not be repaired
I checked previous posts and this ISN'T listed as one of the disk repair messages I could safely ignore.
Any ideas as to how to fix this and how serious an error this is?
Thanks.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448 indicates most but not all warnings (not errors). Ignore it.

Repair disk permission have deleted forlders on my external hard. What can I do to retrive data ?

I've ran a "disk permission repair" on my external hard drive and some folders have disapeared! Help!

Hello! Thanks for your response. So I've simply repaired permission on a WD 1TB external HD (it's formatted NTFS). Didn'nt format the drive or delete anything on it. I did this on my brand new imac 27. I did this for all my drives without any problem. Somehow, on this disk, some folders have disapeared. These are my memories, my personnal digital pictures from 2003-2009. Anything after 2010 is fine. When I check the volume, I see there is only 60gb left on the 1tb. Somehow, when I try to copy the whole content or what I see, i see that only 560gb is being transferred/copied on the other HD. In short, it seem like the files are till there but I can't see them. I've tried on another mac and even on a pc. Nothing. They must be somewhere ?!? Any idea ? I've tried some "undelete" software btu they can't find anything but always the same 12 pictures...

Disk Utility & Repair Disk Permissions & Unknown User on External Seagate

I have a new iMac running Leopard and don't do stupid things to my mac. I have a couple external Seagate Freeagent drives but 1 of them is giving me a little trouble. So I figure, I'll try to repair disk permissions on it but the problem is when I go into Disk Utility, the Repair Disk Permissions option is NOT available. It's there, I just can't select it; it's grayed out. Why? I'm an admin! The other externals have this option available but not this one, so I'm not really sure what to do. I've about 300gb of family movies on it that I'd rather not wipe out just to be able to do a disk permission repair.
Whenever I do a command+i on the drive I do see an UNKNOWN user but this article, http://www.pcworld.com/article/145425-1/quickand_easy_folder_sharing_in105.html, leads me to believe that Apple hasn't done jack squat to allow us to fix the problem.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks in advance!

mrpeepers wrote:
I don't think that statement is true.
I have 3 externals and can repair disk permission on all but 2. All my externals are for storage purposes and non have OSX installed, so that fact that I can repair disk permissions on them sort of contradicts what you say, however, the effectiveness of running a repair disk permission on a drive that doesn't have OSX may be nothing.
I don't know how you manage to repair permissions on externals without system files on them but what I said is quite true. Repair permissions ONLY checks permissions of system files against the database of correct permissions. It wouldn't know what to do with any other files and never touches them. It should also not be possible on non OS X drives. I've never seen it enabled on any of my external or secondary drives. I really wonder why and how it was enabled on your external drives.
I did have Tiger installed for 3 months before I got Leopard, but my externals have known nothing but Leopard.
That doesn't matter. the ownership of files on your external were set in Tiger and it remains in leopard. that's what causes the "unknown" user to show up.
The problem I'm having with one of the drives is that starting yesterday it's having difficulties mounting. Sometimes I restart the computer and the drive doesn't show. So in order to get it to show, I have to power down the external (which is and appears to be running) and then power it back up, and if that doesn't work, usually reseating the USB works.
Then again... My problems started happening after I installed CandyBar and applied some folder changes. I have since dumped it.
whatever problems you have with that external they have absolutely nothing to do with Candy bar. all candy bar does is change a few icon files on your main hard drive. that can have no effect on mountability of anything.
This sounds to me like a hardware problem with your external. the drive could be failing. the USB bus could be failing either on the drive or on the computer. One thing you could do is check to see if there are any firmware upgrades for that drive. Look at the manufacturer's website. also try testing the drive with another computer if you can.
On another note... Anyone use CandyBar and NOT have any problems or really like it? Maybe it was just a coincidence.
yes, I use it and REALLY like it. no problems whatsoever.

I ran a disk verify & disk repair on my macbook.. both said my system was fine. I keep getting the underlying task reported failure on exit when trying to do disk permission or repair permissions. Also get cant install files in "/applications error. Help

m was fine. I keep getting the underlying task reported failure on exit when trying to do disk permission or repair permissions. Also get cant install files in "/applications error when ever trying to install a driver or update. Help

Hi,
Here's an article for that:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1901

Help need my mac pro for school..it has Grey screen..spinning wheel...repaid disk ok...repair disk permission all repaired but one warning...

Help need my mac pro for school..it has Grey screen..spinning wheel...
I think I have mountain lion OS X....I have done I think almost every suggestion I've seen in discussion boards.
Boot in recovery repaired disk...ok...repair disk permission...all repaired but one warning...I've tried to reinstall lion (without losing data) and it Got all the way to one minute to be done and then the time change back two hours and kept doing this all night long. I haven't done a back up due to no external for time machine.
I hope someone can please help me I've been going crazy for a week now trying to figure this out. I use my computer for school and I'm currently very behind from in my school work thank you
Also I've checked my available space 424.91 free of 750 gigs....disk is verified

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Try holding the Shift key while your Mac is starting to start into safe mode. Then, after starting in safe mode, open Finder, select Go menu (on the menu bar) > Go to Folder, and type /Library/StartupItems. Then, empty this folder and restart the Mac.
If your Mac starts after doing this, it was a problem with a third-party app that starts automatically when you turn on the computer. It won't start automatically anymore after doing that

HT203172 Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired. When I repaired "disk permission", this message was what came up. What does this mean, and how can

Warning: SUID file “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent” has been modified and will not be repaired. When I repaired "disk permission", this message was what came up. What does this mean, and how can I fix it?
The opperating system I am using is 10.7.4, and updating to the latest version currently. Computer is running fine, except that when I did some utility repairs, I got the warning above, and not really sure what do, in regards to repairing it correctly, not just getting the message off of my computer.
Thank you for your help, and please only contribute if you know about this issue please.

That's a status message which can be safely ignored.
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Not permission to install Lion into my iMac HD even after running Disk Tools repairing permissions ???

Not permission to install Lion into my iMac HD even after running Disk Tools repairing permissions ???

Post the exact text of the error message you get.

My MBP won't boot anymore after "repair disk" and "repair disk permission"

My 2011 MBP 15 with Lion stopped working after I attempted to use Disk Utility to "repair disk" and "repair disk permission".
It was having weird issues before I attempted the repairs, it was freezing every few seconds no matter what I am doing, the whole thing would freeze with only the mouse movable. then after a few seconds it goes back to normal again. This happened after I downloaded and installed some updates from Apple. I don't know if the updates would cause this or it's something else.
In Disk Utility, "Repair Disk Permission" took 5 hours. While "Repair Disk" resulted in "Disk utility can't repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed up files".
Now when it boots, there's a loading bar under the Apple logo, it loads half way and shuts down itself.
I can still get into CMD+R Utilities though.
Any idea how I can extract the data out of the disk? I'm going to format and do a clean install.

mike2016 wrote:
This happened after I downloaded and installed some updates from Apple. I don't know if the updates would cause this or it's something else. Now when it boots, there's a loading bar under the Apple logo, it loads half way and shuts down itself.
A stopped loading bar is indicative of a failed firmware install that didn't complete, it's trying to install and is failing.
Do a PRAM reset
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Reboot into Safe Mode, (shift key down) then reboot normally and see if that fixes the issue.
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
You may have to try to reinstall your firmware manually, you'll need another disk burning Mac
Find your exact firmware(s) here (or on Apple Downloads page)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237
Apply instructions here
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2213
Lastly it could be your boot drive is failing or something wrong happened with the update and accounting for all the to the other issues.
A OS X "overwrite" may solve the issue, may not.
See 10.5, 106. 10.7 OS X "overwrite" here
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201

10.3.9 upgrade causes Repair Disk Permission problem...

I just upgraded my OS from 10.3.5 to 10.3.9
Before I upgraded, I quit all applications and I repaired my Disk Permissions.
I then installed the OS 10.3.9 combined upgrade from my Software Update and after it was finished, I restarted. All went well and then as I always do, I repaired my Disk Permissions again. I was surprised to see that it actually had to repair several permissions. Okay, so I immediately repaired my permissions AGAIN - and I was surprised again to see that it repaired the same permissions it supposedly repaired just 5 minutes earlier. I repeated the permission repair 5 times and the same thing happened every time.
This isn't normal - what's going on?
Every time I Repair Disk Permissions, it repairs the following permissions:
We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays. New permissions are 16893
We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./Library/ColorSync/Profiles. New permissions are 16893
We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./System/Library/Filesystems/cd9660.fs/cd9660.util. New permissions are 33261
We are using a special uid for the file or directory ./private/var/at/jobs. New uid is 1
We are using a special uid for the file or directory ./private/var/at/spool. New uid is 1
Power Book G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Thank you Andrew, I will give it a shot.
I appreciate your help, was this link suppose to be live that you post?
<a href="http://www.apple.com")Apple Home Page</a>
so i put these in lets see.
❅ Happy Holidays. ❄
Best Regards, Eme
p.s. I wonder what happened with original poster of this thread, nice to see if there has been a conclusion to his problem.
Message was edited by: Eme. Did not work, does not even show up should be in that blank space up there. i will have to practice.

Warning sign with Repair Disk Permission" Warning: SUID file..."

When I run Repair disk permission from Disk Utility I get these messages with warning. Why do I get them, and how do I fix them?
1. Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Reso urces/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.
2. Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.

how do I fix them?
You don't - they are harmless.
Why do I get them
Apple has this to say about that:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21041?viewlocale=en_US
You did the right thing by asking first - good luck with Snow Leopard.

Repair Disk Permission Question

I am coming up with the following error when I run the disk utility - Repair Disk Permissions for Macintosh HD:
Warning: SUIF File "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDag ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
What does this error mean, and how can this be corrected?

Although OT I do not agree with shldr2thewheel. Permission repair is much more useful than Apple's declare. Especially every OS update, cache cleaning and permission repairing is a good way to avoid many little problems can arise.
Cheers
Simon

Disk permission repair

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