Disk Permissions and Leopard

After installing Leopard Upgrade, I ran Verify Disk Permissions and got this:
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
I did run Repair Disk Permissions but the above Warning remains. Everything appears to be running great. Is the above a concern and how do I deal with it?

I am getting the same message, I think it's a common occurrence.
I did the Leopard upgrade, I am wondering if people who did a clean install are getting the same message.

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Are you installing OS X Lion over an existing installation of Snow Leopard, or are you reinstalling?
First be sure you have everything on your system backed up. Then reboot with the Command-R keys held to get to the OS X Lion recovery volume. In here, select Disk Utility and use the First Aid tab in here to run a verification on your boot drive. If there are any errors, fix them and then try the installation again.
The next step would be to format the drive, so with your backup secured, use Disk Utility's Erase tab to re-format the drive to Mac OS X Extended (journaled), and then quit Disk Utilty and attempt the installation again.

My iMac, OS 10.7.5, is abnormally slow on start-up, taking many minutes for my password sign-in window to show up. I've run Disk Permissions and have verified my hard drive and all is in order. What do I do to start up my Mac in a normal manner?

My iMac, OS 10.7.5, is abnormally slow on start-up, taking many minutes for my password sign-in window to show up. I've run Disk Permissions and have verified my hard drive and all is in order. What do I do to start up my Mac in a normal manner?

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter "BOOT_TIME" (without the quotes) in the search box. Note the timestamps of those log messages, which refer to the times when the system was booted. Now clear the search box and scroll back in the log to the last boot time when you had the problem. Select the messages logged after the boot, during the time something abnormal was happening. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
For example, if the problem is a slow startup taking three minutes, post the messages timestamped within three minutes after the boot time, not before. Please include the BOOT_TIME message at the beginning of the log extract.
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
Still in Console, look under System Diagnostic Reports for crash or panic logs, and post the entire contents of the most recent one, if any. In the interest of privacy, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

Slow. iMac 10.5.8. Verified Disk Permissions and then Repaired Disk Permissions. Not much improvement in speed. How do I empty internet files from safari?

iMac 10.5.8 is slow. Verified Disk Permissions and then repaired. No big improvement in speed.
What about internet files (safari and firefox) ; caches and cookies?
Thank you.

Applejack might help.
Download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/applejack/
Article on using:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10334620-263.html?tag=mfiredir
It runs in single user mode, where it runs more safely than other maintenance/cleaning programs because there is less chance of interference from the OS. After installing (you won't see it in the Applications Folder) hold CMD-S at startup. You will get a black screen with MS-DOS like text. Just follow the prompts: type in "applejack AUTO" and it will run through the following:
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
Trash old Log files.
You can also run tasks selectively and for specific users by typing in "applejack." After running in "AUTO," you can go back and run it again as "applejack," steps 3 & 4 only, for your user.
The first reboot will take much longer than usual, as it rebuilds caches. It may take several restarts to see the benefits. Because of the deep cache cleaning in AUTO mode some applications may tell you they are being opened for the first time.
NOT YET UPDATED FOR LION
(Adapted from post by BDAqua)

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You may have run discs from different regions,these would be commercial DVDs. If so most DVD players need to be told what region the disc is from. Have you done this by chance, if you are not sure look at the region numbers listed on the commerical DVDs you have and see if some use different numbers.

Disk Utility can't Verify Disk Permissions" and "Repair Disk Permissions"

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My system bootstrapper crashed. I've repaired the disk and disk permissions and still no luck

While trying to restart after downloading an iTunes update, my computer won't go past the grey screen with the apple and loading bar. When I hit command+s it says my system bootstrapper crashed. I've repaired the disk and disk permissions and it still won't load. Help!

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"verify disk permissions" and "Underlying task reported failure on exit"

This is more of a "How I fixed this problem, so others can benefit" posting than a current problem.
I put my MBP to sleep yesterday, and then when I tried to come out, it just sat there. After about 15 minutes, I figured I'd just force it quit and then restart.
After hitting the power button, it came up with the gray screen and apple logo with spinning gear and basically sat there for 20 minutes. Several reboot attempts were failures; sometimes I got a blue screen with spinning gears, but basically not much else.
I tried rebooting with the install disk, holding down the C key, but it gave me nothing, tried rebooting in verbose mode, tried doing CommandOption+PR, nothing, etc. So, I tried rebooting while holding down the option key, and I could see the Disk Utility.
I ran the Disk Utility to verify the disk, and that all came back fine. So, I ran Verify Disk Permissions, and i spit out "Underlying Task Reported Failure on Exit". The phone support people suggested I try reinstall with archive.
So, I tried running install with Archiving, and that failed as soon as it verified the DVD was ok - basically it couldn't access the HD.
So, I rooted around and did the following. From the Install disk, I selected "Terminal". Then, I did:
cd /Volumes
ls -lt
There I noticed that for some odd reason, Macintosh HD was listed as the following permissions:
rwxrwx---
So, admin and group had read-write-exec access to the Mac HD, but others had nothing, which I thought odd. It seems like you should at least be able to boot the computer to the login screen, and if a user is not admin or admin group, you cannot login, but I guess that's not the way it's set up.
So, I tried:
chmod o+r Macintosh HD
Then, I reran verify disk permissions. Again, I got the same "Underlying..." error. So I tried
chmod o+x Macintish HD
I then reran verify disk permissions, and it ran fine and the suggested that the Macintosh HD volume permissions should be set to:
rwxrwxr-t
So, I had the Disk Utility repair it to the way it should be, and now it all seems fine.
This suggestion basically did not come from any Apple Support people or any forums, and it seemed like such an easy fix that I'm surprised nobody (at least nobody I've found) has had the same problem or needed the same fix.
Further, I think figured out what happened. I took my computer to my local tech support guys because I wanted to turn off sharing for this MBP. So, under Macintosh HD, somebody changed the permissions under "Everyone" from "Read Only" to "No Access".
It turns out that doing this basically creates the whole problem above by making the Macintosh HD unmountable or inaccessible.
I find it truly odd that it would be so easy to remove access to the computer for mounting purposes, but this is the only thing I can think of. The tech guy realized his error and apologized and was also surprised it was so easy to hose the computer.
Anyway, this is partially a warning to everyone as well as a possible fix for the blue screen problem, especially since it was a solution I could not find anywhere.
Maybe Apple Support will see this and for its next update at least make a warning box when people try to remove "Read Only" access for "Everyone".
Good luck.

If your Mac still boots and runs most applications correctly, but applying Software Update packages fails and you decide to run Disk Utility to Verify Permissions and it fails almost immediately with the "underlying task reported failure on exit" explore this posting. If you see other errors, have slow/varied disk performance, or hear nasty grinding/clicking sounds you have a much more serious problem this solution isn't for you.
Use Applications, Utility, Console and check the messages appearing there each time you try Disk Utility. If you see:
Failed to open database on '/'. Error 14, 13, Permission denied.
You may have had your permissions reset on the receipts db. Which is found in
/Library/Receipts/db/a.receiptdb
At this point you have to enter the dark world of the Terminal and use a unix shell (command line).
If you are not comfortable doing find a Unix/Linux power user.
The simple fix for me was to open Applications, Utilities, Terminal and do
sudo chmod 755 /Library/Receipts/db/a.receiptdb
This allowed Disk Utility to read the file and move on to repairing permissions.
When things generate error messages in the GUI part of Mac OS X ...always go check the messages in the logs via the Console in Utilities. These messages are 'down a level' and get you much closer to the real problem.
Note that I did follow the instructions in Apple kb TS1901
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1901
which did not help at all. Same problem each time:
xxxx-imac:Volumes user$ diskutil verifyPermissions /
Started verify/repair permissions on disk disk0s2 Macintosh HD
$<3>Error -9972: The underlying task reported failure on exit
$<3>[ + 0%..10%..20%..30%..40%..50%..60%..70%..80%..90%..100% ]
Finished verify/repair permissions on disk disk0s2 Macintosh HD
Error detected while verifying/repairing permissions on disk0s2 Macintosh HD: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)
Now I wonder what changed the permissions on the receipts database file? I am off to use find and date fields to see what changed the permissions file last (my is dated sometime in November!).
flatiswhereitsat

Disk permissions after leopard update software is installed

after installing osx 10.5 updates to 10.5.1 i got several suid warnings on disk permission verify which could not be fixed. i also got a lot of acl found but not expected messages for many files.
the only suid warning which apple tells me they are aware of is the one for apple remote desktop update. the question is why is that update available to computers which do not have apple remote desktop installed?
the other question i have is since this is a brand new imac which only has the leopard operating system installed, why do i get all of these suid and acl mesages when i run disk permissions verify. the repair permissions will not repair any of these files.

sorry for the delay in responding, but have decided to stay with tiger until the leopard software becomes more mature.
appreciate your response and my apologies for the delay in responding.

Disk permissions and Internet not working

I am have problems with:
1. Disk utility - run repair permissions and then states "Permissions repair complete". Run verify permissions and some of the same problems come back saying they are now this. This is after running them over and over again and doing nothing else on computer.
2. Problems connecting to internet. Wiring setup has not changed. Can't connect to (Example: www.google.com) using Safari, Firefox or Chrome, but can access iTunes Store and App Store with no problems.
I can't figure out what to do, any suggestions would be great.
John

jodmcc1,
Ignore the permissions thing, this is normal, you can repair constantly and it will always come up with something, so do not be concerened with that.
Here are some things to read on connecting:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1714?viewlocale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6731
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6731

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I recently updated to 10.5.8. When I open GoLive 6 i just get the spinning ball of death. When I try and run disk permissions it just scrolls and scrolls "reading permissions database and does nothing. I am on an iBook G4 1.33 and the system always seems to be dragging. Please help.
Message was edited by: Marcus MacColonna

HI Marcus,
the system always seems to be dragging
Check to see how much available space there is on the startup disk. Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. *Make sure you always have a minimum of 15% free disk space.*
If free disk space isn't an issue, help here for the SSBOD
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Fcpx will not respond i have been trying to use it for about a week now it still wont work i have tried disk permissions and everything else i can think of and it still wont work

fcpx will not respond, i neeed help

my mac is 24inch from early , Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 9 (11g63b) . and yes fcpx has been working fine for months now but on my last project it started making me force quit everytime i try to use it now. i followed the steps with reseting the preferances but i didnt work. i also tried deleting the app and reinstalling , and disk permissions all failed. can u help me out?

Repair/verify disk permissions and Preview problem.

The preview problem is yet to be solved + is outlined here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=298858&tstart=0
Also:
I decided to open up disk utility and verify disk permissions, this went fine. I then went on to 'verify disk' and it told me:
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
What's the solution? start up from OSX install disc? is this hard to do?

I am also having trouble with "verify disk permissions".
I have had frequent crashes recenlty and as a result upgraded to Tiger. The system crashes sometime when recovering from sleep (twice yesterday) and was crashing ferquently in Panther OS when hitting the odd key here and there.
Since upgrading to Tiger, I have apparrently successfully "repaired the disc permissions" on the start up volume, but then when I come to check them again, there are still the same problems, even though the "disk utility" has been run successfully. Have run disc warrior and "Verify disk" and still not convinced.
I also notice that the machine seems to be much slower running Tiger than before.
I avoided a complete install of the new OS because of all the aggro that involves, but it may be my only option if no one can help.
All thoughts appreciated.
Thanks
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I ran a repair disk permissions and got the following:

I ran a repair disk permissions on my mack book and i got the following message: Warning: SUID file “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent” has been modified and will not be repaired. What are the implications?

These are innocuous messages, not errors. The will be recurring but are harmless and will not affect your computer. They can be ignored.

Disk Permissions and Error -36

Whenever I try to copy this one folder into my External Drive from my desktop I keep getting this warning.
I did disk utility (i believe it didnt change anything... except for some irrelevant stuff)
I'm not sure why i keep getting error -36 on everything.
Even when I try compressing a video in iMovie, i get this Error -36 that I dont have sufficient priveleges or space on the disk im trying to save it on. Of course i have ample space.
It complains about this Clip01.dv in my movie I'm guessing. But I changed the access priveleges to the iMovie Project to be Read & Write for everything. Is there a way to change access priveleges for a clip or something, and clip01 is read only or something?
Why wont it work? This makes no sense at all. I'm getting sick of all this mac crap. Its driving me nuts and its totally uncalled for.
I've had to make so many visits to these discussion boards lately because apple wont help me because they pull that bullcrap on me that "you dont have extended care so screw you"... even though they're the ones releasing the buggy software/hardware/etc.
Arrggh... I'm so frustrated! Luckily there are some awesome people out here in the discussion boards. Thanks to everyone whos helped me so far with all my other problems
But why my mac chooses to be an a-hole to me when I need to finish a project is totally screwed up.

See thread & answers here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3023719

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