Disk Utility WARNING about SUID file when fixing permissions.

Hi,
I have repeatedly ran dick utility to correct permissions with Leopard. There has been a constant WARNING about the SUID file. Anyone know anything about this?

It is spurious and you can safely ignore it.
-mj
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ACL found but not expected on "private/var/root/Library".
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Ignore them. They aren't errors. You will keep seeing the same ones. As long as you get the message "Permissions repair complete," you're OK.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US

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*Any suggestions to fix, repair or address these warnings?*
Verifying volume “WD Raptor Bootable Mac HD”
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Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
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Repairing permissions for “WD Raptor Bootable Mac HD”
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Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources /DiskManagementTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
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Permissions differ on "sbin/rrestore", should be -r-xr-xr-x , they are -r-sr-sr-x .
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2007-12-01 20:08:58 -0600:
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Warning: SUID file "usr/bin/quota" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Is this something I should be concerned about?

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Permissions differ on "private/var/log/secure.log", should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r----- .
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Francine
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What files did you try deleting? If you don't know what a file does or why you're messing around with it, you shouldn't; that's just asking for trouble.
Let's assume for the moment that you have a corrupted preferences file. To find out, go to Users/Library/Preferences and locate the com.apple.DiskUtility.plist file and drag it to the Desktop. Now relaunch Disk Utility and see if the problem continues. If not, then use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions, and then you can Trash the file on your Desktop.
You should also use your OS X install disc to boot the system and use Disk Utility to Repair Disk, to see if there are any problems. If it reports any errors that it can fix, keep running it until no more are reported.
If there's an error that it cannot fix, stop using your system immediately and make a backup of everything; then get a disk utility such as DiskWarrior to see if it can fix your drive. If your drive cannot be repaired, you will need to replace the internal drive and restore from your backup (if you have one).
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I've tried selecting the drive ("2.0 GB PIONEER DVD-R...") and selecting the DVD ("CFTPRODUCTDEMO").
The DVD plays in DVD Player no problems. I have 11 GB free on my hard drive. I'm using a new Pioneer DVR-111D external optical drive (the internal 106D won't read DVDs it makes).
What's wrong?

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that I have burnt on other systems.
What is the fix?

"Erase Free Space" in disk utility, writes a large file?

While poking around in disk utility I came upon the 'Erase Free Space" function so I decided to try it out and see how it worked. I chose the medium security setting and let it run. After a while I stopped it because it was going quite slowly. Afterwards I noticed that about 25gb of previously free space was gone from my HD. Did it write a backup file?
I tried looking for a file but "find" in finder coldn't seem to locate any files written during that time period.
any direction to recoup the space is greatly appreciated.

OK, thanks guys.
Sometimes the simplest things...
Now if I were at the office working on something on a windoze machine a restart would be the first thing I would try, you have to restart twice a day even if the machine is working properly!
I however, rarely shut down my Mac. Unless there is a thunderstorm or I am going away, or I've performed an update, the machine stays on/sleeps.
Apparently as an "erase free space " is being performed the space is being used as zeroes are written. When I allowed it to complete the space returned. However; the space that was consumed during the aborted try was still not availible.
Only after a restart did the space become shown as being free.
This has been great since I now know of 2 more helper apps. Tinker Tool allows me to see hidden files and change other prefs not availible natively. OmniDiskSweep quickly check file on the HD.
Thanks for your help, and if there were votes still, I'd use them all!
-T

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