Disk Permissions Question

Not sure if this is anything, but I often repair permissions after software installation. If I run the repair a second time, all the same items that were 'repaired' all become 'repaired' again. This is what is appears in my log file, but for numerous items:
We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./Library/Widgets/Stickies.wdgt/version.plist. New permissions are 33188
Is this anything or is this normal? Thanks for your input.

Those 5-number-permissions shown are status messages that these special permissions are in use. Just for-your-info-notifications, nothing was changed. Those special permissions come from system updates which added them.
The meaning of those permissions is described in english here:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showpost.php?s=ace2e9cfe1276628527988e1ba9bb2f6&p= 34764&postcount=59
And in german language here by me here:
http://osx.realmacmark.de/osx_permissions.php

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Repair Disk Permissions question...

I keep getting this after I repair disk permissions :
"Permissions differ on "System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.usbmuxd.plist", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Group differs on "private/etc/cups", should be 0, group is 26.
Permissions differ on "private/var/spool/cups/cache/rss", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are drwxrwxr-x ."
Can someone please tell me what this means?...and especially the Warning: SUID...something modified and will not be repaired?...is this something I should be concerned about?...
Wasn't sure where to put this question...if it's in the wrong place please tell me and i'll post it elsewhere...
Thanks for help in advance...
M
Message was edited by: Morris Taub
Message was edited by: Morris Taub

Hi Morris,
Here's the Apple article on the subject:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448
Apparently it is not a problem. Mine started giving these after the 10.5.5 update.

Verify disk permissions question....

Verify permissions for “Macintosh HD”
ACL found but not expected on "Applications/Utilities".
ACL found but not expected on "Applications".
ACL found but not expected on "Library".
I verified my permissions on my internal disk with all my externals disconnected... this is what I got as a report. what does this mean and what should I do?
fresh install of Leopard and FCS2
also I still have Tiger and FCS1 (carbon copy cloned) on an external drive and it was hooked up to my iMac while I did the clean install of Leopard. now whenever I run FCP it will sometimes spin up the external and search for something even though I do not have it set for a scratch drive or anything.... what is going on? should all externals be disconnected while doing a fresh format and install of OS and Apps?
thanks for all your help.
DROCK

ok I found this article so I guess that answers my first question.... what about the disk spin ups????
thanks
issue or symptom
The following messages may appear in the Disk Utility log window when repairing disk permissions.
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources /DiskManagementTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Reso urces/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner " has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconf ig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writecon fig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/authopen" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
"Any message that starts with: 'ACL found but not expected on...'."
Products affected
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Solution
You can safely ignore these messages. They are accurate but not a cause for concern.

Yay! More Disk Permissions questions!

Ok so I've searched and I know that the WARNING thing is apparently no big deal, according to Apple. My main problem is that I've repaired permissions at least 2-3 times and each time I verify afterwards to see if everthing is fixed and lo and behold, NOTHING was fixed.
Every time I get this:
Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphicsAppSupport.framework/Versions/A/Frame works/QuartzComposer.framework", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x .
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
ACL found but not expected on "Library/Application Support/Apple/iChat Icons/Flags".
ACL found but not expected on "Library/Application Support/Apple/iChat Icons/Flowers".
ACL found but not expected on "Library/Application Support/Apple/iChat Icons/Fruit".
ACL found but not expected on "Library/Application Support/Apple/iChat Icons/Fung Shui".
ACL found but not expected on "Library/Application Support/Apple/iChat Icons/Funk Animals".
ACL found but not expected on "Library/Application Support/Apple/iChat Icons/Gems".
ACL found but not expected on "Library/Application Support/Apple/iChat Icons/Hollowbody Guitars".
ACL found but not expected on "Library/Application Support/Apple/iChat Icons/Planets".
ACL found but not expected on "Library/Application Support/Apple/iChat Icons/Tribal Masks".
Granted most of that seems to be iChat icons (what does ACL mean, anway?) but I'm just annoyed that no matter what I do the problem won't go away.
I'm "repairing" from the hard drive because when I try to do it from the install disc, the progress bar is just like the candy cane spiral thing, like it's just getting ready. And it sits there forever. I've let it sit for around 5 minutes and it still doesn't start so I gave up on the disc. If that's what I need to do, then I'll just wait, I guess.
BTW, this is on a brand new Macbook, 2.2 ghz.
Matt

Hi Matt,
ACL means Access Control List, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accesscontrollist
Permissions are checked and compared with a list of permissions to see if they match. If they don't, they are repaired.
So in the case of these informative messages, they say that they are not in the list, so there's no repairing available, in fact we don't even know if there should be.
Only Permission Repair you have is this:
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphicsAppSupport.framework/Versions/A/Frame works/QuartzComposer.framework", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x .+
Permissions always look like this one.
All the rest is informative message and nothing to worry about.
About repairing permissions with the system volume's DU: no problem, it doesn't matter.
What has to be done from the Mac OS X DVD (or from another Mac OS X volume) is the *Disk Repair*.
It won't let you anyway from the very one it's booted from.
Axel

Question about Disk permissions in a Pro environment

As I struggle with instability and numerous application crashes in Leopard, I'm trying to exhaust all troubleshooting opportunities, wondering if maybe it's a disk permissions/access issue that's causing my problems.
I have two large SATA drives in an enclosure, in addition to two higher rpm internals, one for the system and apps exclusively, and the other as a dedicated scratch disk for Adobe products. I use the one large disk for document and job storage (literally everything I work on and save), and the other for TimeMachine backup. The permissions on the drives in the enclosure read:
Me - Read & Write
staff - Read & Write
everyone - Read only
and this is carried through the contents.
When I look at the drive that the SYSTEM is on, the permissions are set as follows, when I Get Info on the hard drive icon:
(unknown) - Read & Write
Me - Read & Write
(unknown) - Read only
everyone - Read only
I guess first off, I don't understand what the purpose of two different dual (unknown) users is, each set to different permissions. But that's the way it seemed to install, and after several permissions repairs on the disk.
The next question is, on the hard drives, does this (unknown) user, or its double, need to be set up with some kind of permission? Since I'm working with various applications, particularly Adobe CS3, I wonder if as I'm working, the apps need to call for some special access to my files that they're not getting. Could that be why I'm crashing?
And yet, I've repaired permissions on those volumes too.

Hey Scott,
On the Leopard installation, the only user accounts are me and root.
Results from the terminal:
POWERMACG5:~ thalo$ id
uid=501(thalo) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff),98(lpadmin),81(_appserveradm),101(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1),79(appserverusr),80(admin)
POWERMACG5:~ thalo$ ls -al /
total 41389
drwxr-xr-x+ 33 root admin 1190 Mar 6 12:44 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 33 root admin 1190 Mar 6 12:44 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 thalo 501 12292 Mar 12 18:56 .DS_Store
drwx------ 3 root 501 102 Feb 15 01:44 .Spotlight-V100
drwxrwxrwt@ 3 thalo admin 102 Feb 15 09:26 .TemporaryItems
d-wx-wx-wt 2 root staff 68 Feb 16 20:10 .Trashes
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 501 0 Feb 15 01:44 .com.apple.timemachine.supported
drwx------ 4 root staff 136 Mar 13 12:39 .fseventsd
-rw------- 1 root wheel 131072 Feb 23 20:07 .hotfiles.btree
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 root wheel 68 Sep 24 03:08 .vol
drwxrwxr-x+ 108 root admin 3672 Mar 11 17:25 Applications
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root admin 48640 Mar 12 16:20 Desktop DB
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root admin 2 Feb 15 23:47 Desktop DF
drwxrwxr-t+ 54 root admin 1836 Feb 29 00:48 Library
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 root wheel 68 Sep 23 17:37 Network
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Feb 15 02:47 System
drwxr-xr-x 5 root admin 170 Feb 15 02:25 Users
drwxrwxrwt@ 7 root admin 238 Mar 13 13:28 Volumes
drwxr-xr-x@ 40 root wheel 1360 Feb 15 02:44 bin
drwxrwxr-t@ 2 root admin 68 Sep 23 17:37 cores
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 13 12:38 dev
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Feb 15 01:51 etc -> private/etc
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1 Mar 13 12:39 home
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root wheel 10272820 Feb 5 19:15 mach_kernel
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root wheel 10696809 Oct 10 00:38 mach_kernel.ctfsys
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1 Mar 13 12:39 net
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root wheel 238 Feb 15 02:56 private
drwxr-xr-x@ 66 root wheel 2244 Feb 15 02:44 sbin
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Feb 15 01:51 tmp -> private/tmp
drwxr-xr-x@ 11 root wheel 374 Feb 15 02:45 usr
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Feb 15 01:51 var -> private/var
POWERMACG5:~ thalo$ ls -al /
total 48
drwxrwxr-x+ 108 root admin 3672 Mar 11 17:25 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 33 root admin 1190 Mar 6 12:44 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 thalo 501 21508 Mar 12 13:16 .DS_Store
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root admin 0 Sep 23 20:43 .localized
drwxrwxr-x@ 4 thalo admin 136 Feb 16 01:47 AOL
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Address Book.app
drwxrwxr-x@ 6 root admin 204 Feb 15 03:12 Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
drwxrwxr-x@ 12 root admin 408 Feb 15 03:19 Adobe After Effects CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 8 root admin 272 Feb 15 03:07 Adobe Bridge CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 7 root admin 238 Feb 15 03:15 Adobe Contribute CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 27 root admin 918 Feb 16 00:43 Adobe Device Central CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 11 root admin 374 Feb 15 03:16 Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
drwxrwxr-x 4 root admin 136 Feb 15 03:13 Adobe Encore CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 8 root admin 272 Feb 15 03:11 Adobe Extension Manager
drwxrwxr-x@ 10 root admin 340 Feb 19 17:37 Adobe Fireworks CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 12 root admin 408 Mar 3 00:10 Adobe Flash CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 6 root admin 204 Feb 15 03:14 Adobe Flash CS3 Video Encoder
drwxrwxrwx@ 9 root admin 306 Feb 16 00:58 Adobe GoLive 9
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 03:13 Adobe Help Viewer 1.0.app
drwxrwxr-x@ 4 root admin 136 Feb 16 00:56 Adobe Help Viewer 1.1.app
drwxrwxr-x@ 10 root admin 340 Feb 16 20:17 Adobe Illustrator CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 12 root admin 408 Feb 16 00:47 Adobe InDesign CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 14 root admin 476 Feb 17 17:18 Adobe Photoshop CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 6 root admin 204 Feb 15 03:14 Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 5 thalo 501 170 Feb 17 18:02 Adobe Reader 8
drwxrwxr-x 4 root admin 136 Feb 15 03:14 Adobe Soundbooth CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 4 root admin 136 Feb 15 03:10 Adobe Stock Photos CS3
drwxrwxr-x@ 4 thalo admin 136 Feb 17 03:39 Alien Skin
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 4 07:53 Aperture.app
drwxrwxr-x 6 root admin 204 Feb 15 01:54 AppleScript
drwxr-xr-x 3 502 502 102 Oct 26 15:29 Autodesk
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Automator.app
drwxrwxr-x@ 3 thalo admin 102 Dec 17 10:12 BBEdit.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 thalo staff 204 Feb 26 09:00 Barcode Producer
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Oct 10 21:19 Calculator.app
drwxrwxr-x@ 3 thalo admin 102 Feb 15 08:23 Cocktail.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 thalo admin 102 Jun 22 2006 Comic Life.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 DVD Player.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 10 thalo admin 340 Feb 28 15:50 Dark Castle 3 ƒ
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Dashboard.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 thalo 501 102 Mar 13 2006 DeepVacuum.app
drwxr-xr-x 6 thalo staff 204 Feb 27 00:38 Developer Tools
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Dictionary.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Expose.app
drwxrwxrwx@ 11 thalo staff 374 Feb 16 02:00 Extensis Suitcase Fusion
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 thalo admin 102 Nov 9 15:39 Fetch.app
drwxr-xr-x 6 thalo admin 204 Feb 10 2007 File Buddy 9
drwxr-xr-x@ 8 thalo 501 272 Jan 31 2007 Final Draft 7
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 thalo admin 102 Sep 10 2006 Firefox.app
drwxrwxr-x 6 root admin 204 Feb 21 00:27 Flip4Mac
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 19 2007 Font Book.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 thalo staff 170 Feb 9 08:37 Font Finagler 1.0
drwxr-xr-x@ 8 thalo admin 272 Dec 18 15:34 FontDoctor X for Macintosh
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Oct 10 01:03 Front Row.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 4 07:53 GarageBand.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 16 22:11 Garmin WebUpdater.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 thalo admin 102 Nov 14 14:19 Google Earth.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 20 12:00 Gordon.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Sep 24 01:58 Image Capture.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Mail.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 thalo staff 102 Feb 6 09:33 MenuCalendarClock iCal.app
drwxrwxr-x 9 root admin 306 May 27 2007 MenuMachine 2
drwxrwxrwx@ 16 thalo admin 544 Feb 16 02:13 Microsoft Office 2004
drwxr-xr-x@ 14 thalo 501 476 Jun 14 2007 PanoramaMaker
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Photo Booth.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 thalo admin 136 Jan 25 07:39 PreMinder.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Preview.app
drwxrwxrwx@ 20 thalo admin 680 Feb 2 07:27 QuarkXPress 6.5
drwxr-xr-x 3 thalo admin 102 Jan 4 14:49 QuicKeys.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 thalo 501 170 Apr 2 2005 QuickBooks NUE
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 QuickTime Player.app
drwxrwxrwx@ 8 thalo admin 272 Aug 6 2005 Roxio Toast 6 Titanium
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Safari.app
drwxrwxrwx 7 thalo 501 238 Feb 17 02:11 Silo
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Spaces.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Sep 24 00:53 Stickies.app
drwxrwxr-x@ 11 thalo admin 374 Feb 17 14:39 Strata 3D CX 5.5
drwxrwxr-x@ 13 thalo admin 442 Feb 17 16:55 Strata Design 3D[in]
drwxrwxr-x@ 9 thalo admin 306 Feb 17 17:06 Strata Foto 3D
drwxrwxr-x@ 12 thalo admin 408 Feb 17 17:00 Strata Foto 3D[in]
drwxrwxrwx 22 thalo 501 748 Feb 17 18:09 Strata Live 3D
drwxrwxr-x 15 thalo 501 510 Feb 17 17:15 Strata Live 3D PDF
drwxrwxr-x@ 10 thalo admin 340 Feb 17 17:36 Strata Live 3D[in]
drwxr-xr-x 10 thalo admin 340 Feb 18 10:09 Strata RenderPro
drwxr-xr-x@ 11 thalo admin 374 Nov 8 18:38 StuffIt 12
drwxrwxr-x@ 10 thalo admin 340 Feb 25 23:41 SuperCard 4.6.2 Trial
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 thalo staff 204 Feb 25 22:40 SuperCard® 4.5.2 Player
drwxrwxr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 8 22:02 System Preferences.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 thalo staff 136 Feb 27 23:37 TechTool Pro 4.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Sep 24 00:52 TextEdit.app
drwxrwxrwx@ 11 thalo admin 374 Nov 6 2003 Thoth
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 Time Machine.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 thalo admin 102 Feb 14 05:36 TinkerTool.app
drwxrwxr-x+ 31 root admin 1054 Mar 11 20:48 Utilities
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 16 01:19 VPNClient.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 thalo staff 170 Mar 10 18:45 Version 22u
drwxrwxr-x@ 8 thalo staff 272 Mar 1 18:56 Windows Media Player
drwxrwxrwx 8 thalo admin 272 Feb 16 20:28 games
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 iCal.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 iChat.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 22 15:30 iDVD.app
drwxrwxr-x 4 root admin 136 Feb 22 15:24 iMovie (previous version).localized
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 24 22:21 iMovie.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 29 00:48 iPhoto.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 15 02:45 iSync.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 21 22:48 iTunes.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 24 22:21 iWeb.app
drwxrwxrwx 12 thalo staff 408 Feb 17 05:43 vlc-0.8.6d
POWERMACG5:~ thalo$ ls -al ~/
total 64
drwxr-xr-x+ 20 thalo staff 680 Mar 13 12:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root admin 170 Feb 15 02:25 ..
-rw------- 1 thalo staff 3 Feb 15 02:25 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@ 1 thalo staff 12292 Mar 13 12:17 .DS_Store
drwx------ 2 thalo staff 68 Mar 13 12:39 .Trash
drwxr-x--x 3 thalo staff 102 Feb 18 18:24 .adobe
-rw------- 1 thalo staff 82 Mar 10 08:02 .bash_history
drwx------ 3 thalo staff 102 Feb 16 21:55 .cups
-rwxr-----@ 1 thalo staff 177 Feb 16 01:24 .login
-rwxr-----@ 1 thalo staff 181 Feb 16 01:24 .profile
drwx------+ 24 thalo staff 816 Mar 13 12:27 Desktop
drwx------+ 13 thalo staff 442 Mar 9 23:41 Documents
drwx------+ 4 thalo staff 136 Mar 12 19:16 Downloads
drwx------+ 49 thalo staff 1666 Mar 13 15:28 Library
drwx------+ 3 thalo staff 102 Feb 15 02:25 Movies
drwx------+ 5 thalo staff 170 Feb 15 09:19 Music
drwx------+ 26 thalo staff 884 Mar 6 19:51 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+ 6 thalo staff 204 Mar 2 11:57 Public
drwxr-xr-x+ 5 thalo staff 170 Feb 15 02:25 Sites
drwxr-xr-x 3 thalo staff 102 Feb 23 12:19 StuffIt

Question about Disk Permissions Warming

While doing the monthly repairing disk permissions on my mac book pro I saw the following:
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/...Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Quite honestly I never read what is in the text box when I do these monthly repairs, but this time I noticed the Warning and thought I should ask if anyone has seen this before. Is it something I need to have checked out? Thanks.

1. That message isn't a cause for concern.
2. Repairing disk permissions monthly is a waste of time. It should only be done as a troubleshooting step.
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Repair Disk Permissions utility stalled - I have read the knowledge base

I have researched the knowledge base and search for posts on this and cannot find answer: Running 10.4 at the latest version. used the original install 1 disc I received with Tiger to repair disc permissions (like Apple support has told me to do in the past, but my current research said I do not need to do this unless certain parameters are met, and none of the parameters applied, but oh well, I am here anyway). Cold Boot from the original install disc 1 and slected the start up disk I use (I only have one start up disc/drive). Did a repair disc permissions and got a long running routine that reporting a lot of fixes, then the utility has stalled -- no progress on the progress bar. I "stopped" the process using the "stop repair" button (three times). The log reflected the utility stopped, but the progress bar still is blue and not moving (for a couple of hours). When I go to quity File >Disk Utility, it warns me that Disk Utility is running and this may make my system unstable/unsuable.
QUESTION: CAN I JUST QUIT DISK UTILITY AND NOT HAVE ANY ADVERSE AFFECT ON MY IMAC DRIVE?

Thanks for your advice, I still have an issue:
-after the first repair disk permission "stalled" process, I exited Disk Utility and cold booted the machine after I had disconnected all external devices other than the original iMac keyboard
-obtained the combo patch for 10.4.7 from the Apple download site (it had already been installed but I reinstalled per your advice)
-re-applied the combo patch and then did another cold boot
-ran Disk Utility from the original Tiger install #1 disk, and then selected "repair disk permissions" for my start up disk (I only have one)
- process ran for 10 minutes or so then gave the following error message: "Disk Utility Error: Disk Utility has lost its connection with disk utility management tool and cannot continue. Please quit disk utility and re-launch disk utility"
- I pushed the "stop disk permission repair" button, then quit disk utility, then cold booted the machine again.
-re-applied combo patch as above, then cold booted the machine
-ran disk utility from the original iMac install #1 disk, ran "repair disk permissions", and then received the same error message as above.
- I then just quit Disk Utility and cold booted the machine again and went about my business. There does not seem to be any problem with the machine (was not before, but I ran repair permissions thinkging this was a routine maintenance taks that should be run)
- in my prior search of the knowledge base, I found the following information about repair disk permissions:
Location: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607495&#607495
How often should I Repair Permissions?
You do not need to Repair Permissions on a regular basis.
There are only three occasions you need to do this:
1. When you have just installed something that required you to run an Installer, rather than just copying some software to a folder. This should be done for both Apple and non-Apple software.
2. When you have been working on your OS X files or folders while booted from OS 9, or remotely connected via a non-OS X machine, since OS 9 and other systems do not handle OS X's permissions correctly.
3. The other case is if your system is behaving strangely, when you should run Disk Repair from your CD followed by Repair Permissions. This is just to eliminate these things before going on to further trouble-shooting.
Otherwise you can happily forget about Permissions!"
So, it would appear I do not need to do anything else; the machine seems to be working properly. Is there anything else I need to do? thanks for the help! Bob

Need advice on Repairing Disk Permissions...

I need some input from those who know how to Repair Disk Permissions (under Disk Utility, for those who don't know).
Basically, I lost a TON of my Access and Privileges on my G4 recently--which I really only noticed after iTunes would no longer let me import anything (no matter how many times I tried changing the Ownership & Permissions on my Music folder's Info section)--which, I might add, I suffered due to a virus caused by Limewire. As had been suggested to me, I Verified Disk Permissions, and saw that I had a TON of problems listed on my startup HD. So I'm now seeking ways to repair them.
Now, the most obvious way is using the Repair Disk Permissions program (which I've actually never had to use before). However, under OS10.3.9, when I select the Repair Disk Permissions on Disk Utility, in listing all my Drives available, it actually shows the drive in 2 formats/pictures:
1) the actual technical name/manufactor model/GB size of the drive (on top), and
2) the Desktop name and Icon picture of the Drive as it appears on my desktop.
This confuses me: as you can guess, the startup Drive in question is only partioned as one. So on Disk Utility, which of these 2 pictured drives do I have to highlight and Repair Disk Permissions to (i.e. 19GB Maxtor32049 Vs. 'HAL')?
Also, for those of you who have used other means (programs) to change Disk Permissions, which would you recommend? For example, I got a program from Versiontracker called BatCHmod, but I don't know if something like it is any safer than just using Repair Disk Permissions. Because unfortunately, I'm running out of room on my disk, and don't have nearly enough space on my other drive to hope to back the whole Drive up to.
Please help!!!

Hi phasmatrope!
TO REPAIR PERMISSIONS ON THE STARTUP DISK
1.Open Disk Utility, located in Applications/Utilities, and select the startup disk HAL, in the left column.
2.Click First Aid.
3.Click Verify Disk Permissions to test permissions or Repair Disk Permissions to test and repair permissions. (I never "Verify". Just run "Repair".)
Rerun RP until the only message it reports is:
"We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./System/Library/Filesystems/cd9660.fs/cd9660.util.
New permissions are 33261"
This is a status message and not a cause for concern. You may safely ignore it.
Or these:
"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"
Again, these are status messages, which appeared after Security Update 2005-001.
There may be others that you can ignore. Complete lists at link below.
Spurious Permissions Errors In 10.3.x
When "Repair Permissions" is complete. Quit "Disk Utility".
Good Luck!
ali b

Remote Hack? Disk Permissions RemoteManagement/ARDAgent + Restart of computer + browser wipe/freeze

Hi All, James here again.
First I want to thank you for answering my questions on hacking in the past. I have my own internet connection now. But I am still concerned.
1. At the command line level can someone remote hack into my computer if they know my mac address?
2. I was unable to burn a DVD so I ran disk permissions and saw all of these errors regading Remote management - is this something to be concerned about?.
3. A few times last week all of a sudden my computer simply restarted out of the blue, and also my browser window - it froze, and then like a white screen wiped down (sorry hard to explain) - can a hacker make my computer do this?
4. are there any command line besides arp -a and netstat that can tell me if someone is remotely connecting?
Thanks Guys and Gals,
James
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rwxrwxr-x .
Repaired "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib" , should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib" .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib" , should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib" .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib" , should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib" .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.ni b", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.ni b".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.ni b", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.ni b".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib ", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib ".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib ", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib ".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.n ib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.n ib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.ni b", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.ni b".
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBEth ernetHost", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBEth ernetHost".
Permissions repair complete

1. At the command line level can someone remote hack into my computer if they know my mac address?
Do you have System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Login enabled. If not, then they cannot get to the command line over the network.
If you have Remote Login enabled, then as long as you have a secure password on your account (or accounts if you have created additional accounts), then it is unlikely they will be able to get to your command line.
If your Mac is behind a home router, then unless you have configured your router to let outside connections in (and you would have had to explicitly do this), then knowing your address doesn't help them. And then they still need to know your account(s) password. Heck, then even need to know your account name, as the only default account (root) is disabled for normal logins (unless you have explicitly enabled it).
2. I was unable to burn a DVD so I ran disk permissions and saw all of these errors regading Remote management - is this something to be concerned about?.
It seems permissions repair always finds something to complain about, and has been this way for years. I stopped paying attention to it. Someone else may have a better opinion. Your mileage may vary.
The more important question is were you able to burn your DVD after running repair permissions?
As for remote management, do you have System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Management enabled? If so, why, as that tends to be more for managing a class (or office) full of Macs from a central system. Unless you are a Apple Remote Desktop user (but again why as all your questions seem to be related to a single Mac). At best if you access this Mac from another computer system, then maybe have System Preferences -> Sharing -> Screen Sharing enabled. Similar warning on to Remote Login apply to Screen Sharing access. Good passwords, etc... But if you do not remotely connect, then there is no reason to have Screen Sharing nor Remote Login enabled.
3. A few times last week all of a sudden my computer simply restarted out of the blue, and also my browser window - it froze, and then like a white screen wiped down (sorry hard to explain) - can a hacker make my computer do this?
A hacker can do lots of things, but so can failing hardware. I would lean toward a failing Mac and less towards someone getting into your system.
Did you by any chance buy additonal RAM for your Mac and install it yourself (or have it installed)? Failing RAM is a very common cause of unstable Macs. But so can a failing disk, bad or failing USB and/or Firewire devices, a motherboard failing, etc...
You might want to try running the hardware diagnostics. Depending on your Mac model, they may be available on your hard disk or on the original DVD you got with your Mac. Try using the Finder -> Help menu and search for "Hardware Diagnostics". This will most likely lead you to more information specific to your Mac.
You could also take your Mac into an Apple Store genius bar.
4. are there any command line besides arp -a and netstat that can tell me if someone is remotely connecting?
man who
If someone is logged in over the net, it will show the originating node address.

Repair Disk Permissions: is it a safe operation ?

Hello,
I'm preparing for the 101 course and, reading about the Verify/Repair disk permissions utility, I wanted to test it on my mac.
I launched the verification on it and I see "lot" of unexpected entries (see below):
Verifying permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/User Template/ar.lproj”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are drwx------ .
User differs on “usr/share/collabd/coreclient/public/locales/zh_CN.lproj”; should be 94; user is 0.
Group differs on “usr/share/collabd/coreclient/public/locales/zh_CN.lproj”; should be 94; group is 0.
User differs on “usr/share/collabd/webauthd”; should be 94; user is 221.
Group differs on “usr/share/collabd/webauthd”; should be 94; group is 221.
User differs on “usr/share/collabd/webauthd/locales”; should be 94; user is 221.
Group differs on “usr/share/collabd/webauthd/locales”; should be 94; group is 221.
User differs on “usr/share/collabd/webauthd/locales/zh_CN.lproj”; should be 221; user is 0.
Group differs on “usr/share/collabd/webauthd/locales/zh_CN.lproj”; should be 221; group is 0.
Group differs on “Library/Java”; should be 0; group is 80.
Permissions differ on “Library/Java”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are drwxrwxr-x .
Permissions differ on “System/Library/User Template/cs.lproj/Pictures/iChat Icons”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “System/Library/User Template/hu.lproj/Pictures/iChat Icons”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “System/Library/User Template/tr.lproj/Pictures/iChat Icons”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
User differs on “usr/share/collabd/coreclient/locales/zh_CN.lproj”; should be 94; user is 0.
Group differs on “usr/share/collabd/coreclient/locales/zh_CN.lproj”; should be 94; group is 0.
Permissions differ on “usr/share/devicemgr/frontend/admin/zh_TW.lproj/app/javascript.js”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “usr/share/devicemgr/frontend/admin/zh_CN.lproj/app/javascript.js”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “usr/share/devicemgr/frontend/admin/ru.lproj/app/javascript.js”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “usr/share/devicemgr/frontend/admin/ko.lproj/app/javascript.js”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “usr/share/devicemgr/frontend/admin/nl.lproj/app/javascript.js”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “usr/share/devicemgr/frontend/admin/it.lproj/app/javascript.js”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “usr/share/devicemgr/frontend/admin/es.lproj/app/javascript.js”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “usr/share/devicemgr/frontend/admin/fr.lproj/app/javascript.js”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “usr/share/devicemgr/frontend/admin/de.lproj/app/javascript.js”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “usr/share/devicemgr/frontend/admin/ja.lproj/app/javascript.js”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Group differs on “Library/Documentation/Applications/iTunes/Acknowledgements.rtf”; should be 0; group is 80.
Permissions differ on “Library/Documentation/Applications/iTunes/Acknowledgements.rtf”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rw-rw-r-- .
Group differs on “Library/Documentation/iPod/Acknowledgements.rtf”; should be 0; group is 80.
Permissions differ on “Library/Documentation/iPod/Acknowledgements.rtf”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rw-rw-r-- .
Group differs on “.DS_Store”; should be 80; group is 0.
Permissions differ on “.DS_Store”; should be -rw-rw-r-- ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
User differs on “Applications/.DS_Store”; should be 0; user is 501.
Permissions differ on “Applications/.DS_Store”; should be -rw-rw-r-- ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Group differs on “Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf.plist”; should be 80; group is 0.
ACL found but not expected on “private/var/root”
ACL found but not expected on “private/var/root/Library”
ACL found but not expected on “private/var/root/Library/Preferences”
Permissions verification complete
It seems to me that these are all related to system files, things that weren't changed by third-party applications or by me.
The question are:
- why an untouched system would have errors in the permissions ?
- is it safe, since I haven't got until now problems with permissions on that os, to repair these errors or it's better to leave everything as it is now ?
Ciao,
Nicola

Hello Nicola,
You raise a touchy area for discussion...some users on here are very opposed to repairing permissions, others are strongly in favor of repairing permissions before and after software installation.
The permission statements you see do not generally adversely affect the system but they are not the permissions disk utility has been told to expect. Those may be artifacts from the installation process and why we have been told in the past to always repair permissions after installing/updating the operating system.
Since you ran verification, if you run repair you will end up cleaning up a lot of this "discrepancies" with what disk utility wants to see.
Repair permissions is safe, and I tend to use it every time I upgrade or install software.
Ralph

Repairing disk permissions keeps giving same message

I routinely verify my HD and repair disk permissions. The latter often indicates repairs are needed, especially after installation of new software or updates (I repair before and after). But once repaired, if I verify the permissions they come out ok -- i.e., no repairs are needed. Until just recently. I am now getting the following message after repairing permissions:
Verify permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Determining correct file permissions.
Permissions differ on ./private/var/log/secure.log, should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r-----
Permissions verification complete
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
If I verify permissions after repairing this, I get the same message again. So the repair is not holding. I am running OS X 10.4.11 and I recall that on earlier OS's there were sometimes innocuous repairs that kept being required, but that were not really a problem. But under 10.4.11 a repair has usually been good, and clears the deck. Until now. Any ideas?
Update: I am no longer having this problem. Possibly I was clicking on the verify permissions button instead of the repair button. I have used DU many times, so this would be a fairly boneheaded thing to do at this point. Maybe familiarity breeds carelessness? In any event, I often get the message above when I check disk permissions, and I would be curious to know why it is one of the more common repairs needed. So let's make that my question instead...
TIA
Message was edited by: Drake Bradley

Not to worry about it, that secure.log is a common one for that.
Repair Permissions checks Library>Receipts to find out the proper Permissions, that file's Permissions may exist in more than one and/or some OS component doesn't know the new/latest permissions when using it.

Disk Permissions driving me Crazy

Hello.
I have a question regarding disk permissions. I have a external drive with info from another drive that was almost dieing that will now not allow me to make changes on it.
I have tried to reset the ACL with the Installation Disks, opened up users but still it says "Type your Password to allow finder to make changes".
I have to do it everytime I try to add anything or delete anything.
This is not my boot drive so there is no problems with the actual computer. It´s just that I cant use my harddrive.
Does someone have a clue what I should do?
Thanx very much
David

Steve:
Try Cache Out x to clean up your files and also run a disk repair and permissions repair.
Be sure you don't have FileVault turned on.
Don't have any other programs running.
Let me know-
Sue

Unrepairable disk permissions

When I got my iMac for Christmas this past holiday it seemed dead on arrival. After initial booting it abruptly shut down. Without any options on Christmas day I just tried restarting it multiple times. With out any plausible reason it started to work and has worked fine since. I have noticed though that the HDD is making more noise than it should and at times when nothing is really going on.
On a guess I tried to fix the disk permissions. After verifying and repairing multiple times the same errors keep coming back. So my question is, is there anything I can do with software to fix this or would erasing the drive and reinstalling OS X fix the problem. If not could it be a physical error on the hard disk?
Thanks to anyone who can help.

Why you never took your machine in for warranty repair is a mystery. If the machine was DOA as you suggested the first thing you should have done is return. I do agree with the last poster about backing up your system, always keep backups using Time Machine or a Bootable Clone (use SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner) on a regular basis.
As for the messages in Repairing Disk Permissions, there is a good chance the are message you can safely ignore. Please refer to Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore.
If you want to check the hardware health of you can run Apple Hardware Test in Extended Mode. If the system reports errors please post them. If it doesn't there is a good chance your machine is operating fine. As for the noise here are some Failing hard drive sounds, if your HD sounds like any of these make an appointment with your local Apple Store or AASP immediately for repair and as we have stressed BACK UP NOW!!!!!!
Roger

Why isn't Disk Utility clear after "Repair Disk Permissions"?

Having used my computer for several days I decided to use Disk Utility to “Repair Disk Permissions” after a few hours of use.
2008-11-29 08:30:17 -0800: Disk Utility started.
2008-11-29 08:30:24 -0800: Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
2008-11-29 08:30:24 -0800: Reading permissions database.
2008-11-29 08:30:24 -0800: Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.
2008-11-29 08:43:29 -0800: Permissions differ on "private/var/log/secure.log", should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r----- .
2008-11-29 08:48:26 -0800: Group differs on "private/etc/cups", should be 0, group is 26.
2008-11-29 08:48:28 -0800:
2008-11-29 08:48:28 -0800: Permissions repair complete
2008-11-29 08:48:28 -0800:
2008-11-29 08:48:28 -0800:
I shut down the computer, turned off its power for 1 minute and restarted. I initiated Disk Utility once again.
2008-11-29 09:16:42 -0800: Disk Utility started.
2008-11-29 09:20:55 -0800: Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
2008-11-29 09:20:55 -0800: Reading permissions database.
2008-11-29 09:20:55 -0800: Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.
2008-11-29 09:38:47 -0800: Group differs on "private/etc/cups", should be 0, group is 26.
2008-11-29 09:38:49 -0800:
2008-11-29 09:38:49 -0800: Permissions repair complete
2008-11-29 09:38:49 -0800:
2008-11-29 09:38:49 -0800:
When Disk Utility was finished, I clicked on “Clear History” and reran “Repair Disk Permissions.”
2008-11-29 09:42:01 -0800: Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
2008-11-29 09:42:01 -0800: Reading permissions database.
2008-11-29 09:42:01 -0800: Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.
2008-11-29 10:00:19 -0800:
2008-11-29 10:00:19 -0800: Permissions repair complete
2008-11-29 10:00:19 -0800:
2008-11-29 10:00:19 -0800:
Now everything seems clear.
My question...
Why did I initially see:
2008-11-29 08:43:29 -0800: Permissions differ on "private/var/log/secure.log", should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r----- .
2008-11-29 08:48:26 -0800: Group differs on "private/etc/cups", should be 0, group is 26.
and why after restarting should I end up with only
2008-11-29 09:38:47 -0800: Group differs on "private/etc/cups", should be 0, group is 26.
and after “Clear History” and rerunning Disk Utility why is everything clear until I start using the computer again?
I’ve had it explained that “Group differs on "private/etc/cups", should be 0, group is 26” is not meaningful, but I’d like to know WHY it happens. I’d also like to know why “ Permissions differ on "private/var/log/secure.log", should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r----- .” initially appears.
Thank you,
ZTIWYM3ZUI

As a casual "Apple Discussions" user it hadn't occurred to me that if a question had been answered previously, it should never be asked again.
It's not that. It's because the problem's been beaten to death over the past fourteen months, since Apple shipped Leopard, that most consider it common knowledge, no matter where one's been visiting or how often. Every Apple/Macintosh related website has addressed the never ending issue. Finally, since the forums Help file says:
*I have a question or issue—how do I search for answers?*
+It's possible that your question or issue has already been answered by other members so do a search before posting a question. On most Apple Discussions pages, you'll find a Search Discussions box in the upper right corner. Enter a search term (or terms) in the field and press Return. Your results will appear as a list of links to posts below the Search Discussions Content pane.+
+You can also refine your search by using the options in the Search Discussions Content pane. Click the Search Tips link for help with our search features. You can streamline your results by restricting your search terms by category or forum, specifying a date range, or searching for posts by username. You can also search the User Tips Library.+
Maybe that should be retitled: *+I have a question or issue—how do I resolve it?+*
Just out of curiosity, I wonder if any of these exceptional people can figure out my signature.
ZTIWYM3ZUI - "time is what you make—use it" or something of that nature.

Lost disk permissions of usb-hd

trying to lock my extern usb-harddisk
and save it against changements,
i made the mistake to lock it in the information window
i have 10.4 german version,
and try to find expressions of the english 10.4 to explain:
in the last part of the info window,
first pull down menu:
----you may: read&wright ,
----no rights ---> last expression i choosed.
since that i have no icon on the screen.
disk utility finds my hd
and -----verifiying appears to be ok
-----1hfs volume checked
------- volume passed verification
buttons --- verify disk permission
---repair disk permission,
---mount button (on the top)
are not usable (unactivated)
is it necessary to erase the volume,
to make it mountable?
how to get disk permissions back?
greetings
andreasmichael

thanks a lot!
i tried to follow the FAQ you requested,
with the following result:
Last login: Wed May 24 09:13:02 on ttyp2
Welcome to Darwin!
andreas-breiners-power-mac-g5:~ andreasbreiner$ :chmod 775 "/Volumes/hd232gb/"
-bash: :chmod: command not found
necessary to enter in a different manner?
(FAQ you requested:)
Q. I accidentally changed the permissions on a disk so that one or more of the permissions were set to No Access, and I can't see the disk to change the permissions back. How do I fix this?
A1. If the disk in question is your Mac OS X startup disk and your computer stops starting up at the blue screen, restart with the Command and S keys held down, and enter the following commands:
mount -uw /
chown root /
chmod 1775 /
exit
A2. If the disk in question has Mac OS X installed but isn't the current startup disk, open the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and enter the following:
sudo chown root "/Volumes/volumename/"
sudo chmod 1775 "/Volumes/volumename/"
sudo -k
You will be asked for your password when executing the first command; it will not appear in the Terminal window. Replace volumename with the disk's actual name. If you don't know what the disk's name is, choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu, and enter /Volumes/ as the folder's path. Locate the item corresponding to that disk and drag it into the Terminal window; in this case, omit the quote marks and all text between them in the existing commands. Log out and back in.
A3. If the disk in question does not have Mac OS X installed, open the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and enter the following:
chmod 775 "/Volumes/volumename/"
Replace volumename with the disk's actual name. If you don't know what the disk's name is, choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu, and enter /Volumes/ as the folder's path. Locate the item corresponding to that disk and drag it into the Terminal window; in this case, omit the quote marks and all text between them in the existing commands. If you get a message that you don't have permission to do this, proceed as indicated in situation 2 above, but use 775 as the number. Log out and back in.

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