Have to check & repair disk permissions on every restart

Can anyone explain why I have to check & repair disk permissions every time I have to restart my MacBook Pro. When I do the check I get various messages eg 'Library should be '0', is '80'. And other variations for Library.

I'd do one/more of a few things.
First, (and not only good for this exercise), I'd back up to a Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner clone - on an external disc, and/or use Time Machine.
Next step, boot in Safe mode and see how things are.
Next, create another account with similar permissions to the one you are using now. If the problem persists in this account also it is system wide.
Next boot from the clone you made and see what gives..........

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20 minutes to Repair Disk Permissions. Every time.

In trying to diagnose some other issues, I have had to repair disk permissions several times over the past week. Each time I have run it, it was 15 minutes before it was finished and each time (if I remember correctly) I have been met with a slew of messages like this one:
Group differs on "Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/Frameworks/DUSupport.framework/Versions/Current", should be 80, group is 0.
I cannot remember if the "should be" was always 80, but the "group is" was always 0. Does anyone have some insight on this one? Is this bad? I can't say that I get any sense from the message that permissions were repaired. I do not know if the files in question have been the same each time or not.

repair permissions takes much longer in leopard. 20 minutes is quite normal on your hardware. I think that group difference message is harmless and can be ignored but you can change the group on Disk utility and other apps if you want to.
The group on everything in the Applications folder should be admin (gid=80).
Run the following command in terminal
*sudo chgrp -R admin /Applications*
you'll have to enter you admin password (which you won't see) that's normal.

Warning checking/repairing disk permissions

While checking and attempting to repair disk permissions using Apple's Disk Utility, the following message appeared:
Warning:SUIDfile"System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Conte nts/MacOS/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
I am running OS X 10.5.1 - how can this be corrected? Should I reload the system software?

Don't worry about it--it's a known issue:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306925

Itunes locks up, and I need to repair disk permissions.

Itunes locks up on my Imac after it has been running for a while. I have had to repair disk permissions, which show many Itunes corrections are needed. I am running the latest Itunes.

Disable Photo Stream in iPhoto's preferences and then go back and reenable it. See if that will jump start the process. If that doesn't help try this: make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
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3 - launch iPhoto check its preferences to meka sure all is as you expect and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
NOTE 2: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
OT

Repair Disk Permissions Issues

I'm not sure I am posting this in the correct community but here goes . . .
I have a 17" Macbook Pro running the latest version of Snow Leopard. It is almost 2 years old and I have 4 gb RAM.
Recently, it seems to be slowing down and I have to run repair disk permissions 2-3 times a week to recoup a little speed. I also delete my Firefox cache regularly to try to gain a little there. I do make a few videos in iMovie and initially I thought that was the problem but this week I have not really worked in iMovie much and it is still slow. There seems to be some issues in the log of the repair permissions. I hope they show in this image. I don't know what these mean or how to fix them. It is the "permissions differ" entries I am confused about.

You can ignore those permissions per support article
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21090
Since you brought up iMove, I suspect your storage is nearly full as this most certainly causes the computer to slow down. video files are the biggest culprit.
Look in your Activity Monitor and reduce the drive space by copying to a external, Disk Utility HFS+ formatted external powered drive of unnecessary files so your boot drive is ideally below 50% filled (yea I know but the computer slows down after that) and not more than 75% filled.
Once you have done that. Get another newer external powered HFS drive and download the free Carbon Copy Cloner and clone the internal drive to the external.
Hold option and boot off the external clone, test it out then use Disk Utility to erase the internal and then reverse clone the external onto the internal, this will defragment and optimize your drive so the OS and programs are on the fast part of the drive, not the slow parts.
Reboot into the internal and run off of the free OnyX's maintainence and cleaning aspects and reboot.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/
Sir speedy machine here we come!
Now of course you may have other issues that could be causing your slow down, like not enough RAM or some sort of failed process or leftover program, tweaks or simply a slow Internet.
You can opt to simply reinstall OS X 10.6 ( by holding c and booting off the installer disk ) over your installed version (doesn't touch files or programs) then immediatly Software Updating until clear, that will clean anything hanging out in OS X.
If you still have slowdowns, then it's in what geeks call "User land" basically something installed outside of root, like a program or only runs in user, not in OS X.
For that you need to create a new user, transfer your files via the Shared Drop and wean yourself off the old user and finally delete it. Also install all new versions of your third party programs removing the originals first.
That should do it.

Repair disk permissions grayed out

Hello,
I have a WD External Drive that I use for Time Machine backup. Recently have had no backup (about 20 days) and finally decided to look into it. I use this one at work and have brought it home to work on what is wrong. Have tried to repair disk permissions, but option is grayed out. I have however been able to repair disk. It took 8 hours to repair disk which reported no problems.
I have tried to copy files from the backup disk to another disk, but it won't work (don't remember exact message-but it was something odd).
From another thread, I was trying to do this command:
sudo /usr/sbin/chown _installer:admin /Library/Receipts/db/a.receiptdb
and got this response:
Home-Power-Mac-G5:~ paul$ sudo /usr/sbin/chown _installer:admin /Library/Receipts/db/a.receiptdb
Password:
paul is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
so, I then try this command:
ls -leO /Library/Receipts/db/a.receiptdb
and get this response:
-rw------- 1 _installer wheel - 266133504 Dec 15 22:03 /Library/Receipts/db/a.receiptdb
WHAT do I do now? I want to first back up all files then reformat drive to start anew.

Hi Christopher Graham;
Since Repair Permission is repair the permissions for the system there has to be a system on the partition in order to not have that button ghosted. As far as Disk Utility can tell a Time Machine backup is not a System hence it is ghosted.
Allan

Trying to download a game purchase (Company App Store. Have taken advice from Aspyr Customer Service to repair Disk Permissions, but still download aborts...any suggestions?

Trying to download game purchase (Company of Heroes) from App Store. Failed in mid-download several times. Aspyr Customer Services have shown me how to repair Disk Permissions, but still won't download... any suggestions, please?

Thanks for suggestions. I did use Energy Saver settings, and I did check downloading another app. Last night I tried another download of Company of Heroes, got up to 4GB before bedtime, woke up this morning to find another "error has occurred" message. Extremely frustrating. Have used most of my monthly data allowance on abortive downloads. Maybe Apple made a mistake in relying on huge data downloads. DVDs more reliable!

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

Trying to install Lion. says this disk is not enabled (journaled) - but when I look at the drive it actually is os extended journaled - Stuck! Have tried repair disk permissions and still no luck

trying to install Lion. says this disk is not enabled (journaled) - but when I look at the drive it actually is os extended journaled - Stuck! Have tried repair disk permissions and still no luck - any thoughts? Have spent two weeks trying to get apple support and itunes to help me get lion after a hard drive fail and now they are closed and I really just want to get moving!

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.

Repair disk permissions does not work

Repair disk permissions does not work. Disk Uitliy fines many incorrect permissions (ACL found, but not expected) and says that it would repair it. However, when checked again, it finds the same permission errors.
I have tried Disk Utility as well as the command line "sudo diskutil repairPermissions /" (which probably does exactly the same as Disk Utility).
Any hints?
C.

Are you trying to Repair Permissions because you have file access problems in the System files, or just because you think you need to do it?
If the former, please explain what you are seeing. If the latter, stop wasting your time.
The things it doesn't repair are not repaired because there is nothing broken. The orginal Receipts files have the old settings, and subsequent updates have changed the permissions on those things to what they should be, now. It will report the differences it finds every time you run Repair Permissions because they will always be different and they should be the way they are.

Constantly having to repair disk permissions after hanging system

From the time I purchased this I've had ongoing issues with the java, flash, OS updates causing the computer to hang forever. Sometimes I end up having to press the off button because Command Q and Command/Option/Escape won't allow a force quit even after a 20 minute wait. I don't know enough about what's going on behind the boot up to know what's wrong. Here is a copy of my console log and this is exactly what they look like each time after I have gone in and done a disk verify, (says it's okay) and then repair disk permissions. I've had to boot to safe mode 3 times today and repair permissions due to this issue. There is nothing plugged into the computer except the power cord. The OS is up to date per Software Update and the only 3rd party software installed is SKYPE ...
1/25/11 5:45:58 PM SoftwareUpdateCheck[520] Checking for updates
1/25/11 5:45:58 PM storeagent[524] port created
1/25/11 5:46:27 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[522]) Exited with exit code: 2
1/25/11 5:46:27 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[88] ([0x0-0x3d03d].SoftwareUpdateCheck[520]) Exited with exit code: 102
1/25/11 8:21:42 PM [0x0-0x52052].com.skype.skype[613] Main starting with pid 613 parent pid 88
1/25/11 8:21:43 PM Skype[613] SkypeApplication::init called
1/25/11 10:56:56 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/25/11 11:09:29 PM com.apple.fontd[70] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/25/11 11:09:31 PM com.apple.WindowServer[72] Tue Jan 25 23:09:31 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local WindowServer[72] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/25/11 11:09:32 PM com.apple.fontd[70] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/25/11 11:09:40 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[79] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/25/11 11:09:40 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[79] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/25/11 11:09:40 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/25/11 11:09:42 PM fontd[100] Database content version mismatch (stored(15) != expected(14))
1/25/11 11:09:47 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[108]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/25/11 11:10:09 PM com.apple.coreservicesd[44] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
1/25/11 11:10:12 PM com.apple.coreservicesd[44] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
1/25/11 11:10:13 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[110]) Exited: Killed
1/25/11 11:10:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[22] shutdown: / is busy updating; waiting for lock
1/25/11 11:10:33 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/25/11 11:11:24 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[81] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/25/11 11:11:24 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[81] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/25/11 11:11:24 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/25/11 11:11:28 PM fontd[101] Database content version mismatch (stored(15) != expected(14))
1/25/11 11:11:28 PM fontd[101] Failed to open read-only database, regenerating DB
1/25/11 11:11:34 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[111]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/25/11 11:11:40 PM com.apple.fontd[101] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/25/11 11:11:48 PM com.apple.fontd[101] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/25/11 11:11:49 PM [0x0-0x9009].com.skype.skype[116] Main starting with pid 116 parent pid 90
1/25/11 11:11:51 PM Skype[116] SkypeApplication::init called
1/25/11 11:38:12 PM com.apple.WindowServer[69] Tue Jan 25 23:38:12 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local WindowServer[69] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/26/11 11:36:13 AM [0x0-0x6d06d].com.skype.skype[666] Main starting with pid 666 parent pid 90
1/26/11 11:36:14 AM Skype[666] SkypeApplication::init called
1/26/11 12:25:04 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] ([0x0-0x6d06d].com.skype.skype[666]) Exited: Terminated
1/26/11 5:45:58 PM SoftwareUpdateCheck[867] Checking for updates
1/26/11 5:45:58 PM storeagent[870] port created
1/26/11 5:47:17 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[869]) Exited with exit code: 2
1/26/11 5:47:17 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] ([0x0-0x92092].SoftwareUpdateCheck[867]) Exited with exit code: 102
1/26/11 8:32:58 PM [0x0-0x11011].com.apple.Safari[143] Wed Jan 26 20:32:58 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local Safari[143] <Error>: unknown error code: invalid drawable
1/26/11 8:32:58 PM [0x0-0x11011].com.apple.Safari[143] Wed Jan 26 20:32:58 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local Safari[143] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/26/11 8:33:10 PM [0x0-0x11011].com.apple.Safari[143] Wed Jan 26 20:33:10 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local Safari[143] <Error>: unknown error code: invalid drawable
1/26/11 8:33:24 PM [0x0-0x11011].com.apple.Safari[143] Wed Jan 26 20:33:24 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local Safari[143] <Error>: unknown error code: invalid drawable
1/26/11 10:48:32 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] ([0x0-0x11011].com.apple.Safari[143]) Exited: Terminated
1/26/11 10:49:37 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[1047]) Exited with exit code: 2
1/26/11 10:49:44 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[113]) Exited: Killed
1/27/11 11:39:52 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/27/11 11:40:14 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/27/11 11:40:15 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[77] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/27/11 11:40:15 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[77] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/27/11 11:40:15 PM SoftwareUpdateCheck[98] Checking for updates
1/27/11 11:40:15 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[111]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/27/11 11:40:17 PM storeagent[119] port created
1/27/11 11:40:21 PM com.apple.WindowServer[65] Thu Jan 27 23:40:21 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local WindowServer[65] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/27/11 11:40:27 PM [0x0-0xa00a].com.skype.skype[116] Main starting with pid 116 parent pid 84
1/27/11 11:40:29 PM Skype[116] SkypeApplication::init called
1/27/11 11:41:02 PM SoftwareUpdateCheck[98] Downloading "iTunes"
1/27/11 11:42:35 PM SoftwareUpdateCheck[98] Auto-download of "iTunes" SUCCESSFUL.
1/27/11 11:42:35 PM SoftwareUpdateCheck[98] Launching app
1/27/11 11:43:20 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] ([0x0-0x6006].SoftwareUpdateCheck[98]) Exited with exit code: 102
1/28/11 9:51:59 AM com.apple.RemoteUI[589] CoreAnimation: rendering error 501
1/28/11 9:52:15 AM com.apple.RemoteUI[589] HTTP2 Streaming Reads ON
1/28/11 11:31:15 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] ([0x0-0x10010].com.apple.Safari[134]) Exited: Terminated
1/28/11 11:42:21 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[104]) Exited with exit code: 2
1/28/11 3:49:50 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[113]) Exited: Killed
1/28/11 3:49:50 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] ([0x0-0x80080].com.apple.iTunesHelper[764]) Exited: Killed
1/28/11 3:50:10 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] (com.apple.Dock.agent[88]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
1/28/11 3:53:36 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/28/11 3:55:16 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/28/11 3:55:16 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[82] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/28/11 3:55:16 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[82] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/28/11 3:55:25 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[111]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/28/11 3:55:27 PM com.apple.WindowServer[72] Fri Jan 28 15:55:27 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local WindowServer[72] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/28/11 3:55:40 PM [0x0-0x8008].com.skype.skype[115] Main starting with pid 115 parent pid 90
1/28/11 3:55:41 PM Skype[115] SkypeApplication::init called
1/28/11 11:40:16 PM SoftwareUpdateCheck[419] Checking for updates
1/28/11 11:40:16 PM storeagent[422] port created
1/28/11 11:40:59 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[421]) Exited with exit code: 2
1/28/11 11:40:59 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] ([0x0-0x56056].SoftwareUpdateCheck[419]) Exited with exit code: 102
1/29/11 3:02:24 AM quicklookd[551] [QL] 'Creating thumbnail' timed out for '<QLThumbnailRequest /Users/troylindstrom/Downloads/images-30.jpeg>' (Start date: 2011-01-29 03:02:04 -0800)
1/29/11 3:05:11 AM quicklookd[555] [QL] 'Creating thumbnail - cancelled' timed out for '<QLThumbnailRequest /Users/troylindstrom/Downloads/About Downloads.pdf>' (Start date: 2011-01-29 03:03:35 -0800)
1/29/11 3:05:52 AM quicklookd[560] [QL] 'Creating thumbnail' timed out for '<QLThumbnailRequest /Users/troylindstrom/Downloads/About Downloads.pdf>' (Start date: 2011-01-29 03:05:32 -0800)
1/29/11 3:06:44 AM quicklookd[563] [QL] 'Creating thumbnail' timed out for '<QLThumbnailRequest /Users/troylindstrom/Downloads/images-3.jpeg>' (Start date: 2011-01-29 03:06:22 -0800)
1/29/11 6:37:03 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] ([0x0-0x86086].com.apple.Preview[708]) Exited: Killed
1/29/11 6:37:03 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] ([0x0-0x8a08a].com.apple.systemevents[721]) Exited: Killed
1/29/11 6:37:03 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[113]) Exited: Killed
1/29/11 6:37:13 AM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/29/11 6:37:42 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[81] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/29/11 6:37:42 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[81] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/29/11 6:37:42 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/29/11 6:37:50 AM com.apple.WindowServer[54] Sat Jan 29 06:37:50 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local WindowServer[54] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/29/11 6:37:52 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[109]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/29/11 6:38:03 AM [0x0-0x8008].com.skype.skype[113] Main starting with pid 113 parent pid 89
1/29/11 6:38:05 AM Skype[113] SkypeApplication::init called
1/29/11 12:14:57 PM [0x0-0x36036].com.apple.CharacterPaletteIM[330] objc[330]: Class ThinDividerSplitView is implemented in both /System/Library/Input Methods/CharacterPalette.app/Contents/MacOS/CharacterPalette and /System/Library/Input Methods/CharacterPalette.app/Contents/PlugIns/RomanView.CharPalettePlugin/Conte nts/MacOS/RomanView. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
1/29/11 12:43:40 PM [0x0-0x39039].com.apple.CharacterPaletteIM[346] objc[346]: Class ThinDividerSplitView is implemented in both /System/Library/Input Methods/CharacterPalette.app/Contents/MacOS/CharacterPalette and /System/Library/Input Methods/CharacterPalette.app/Contents/PlugIns/RomanView.CharPalettePlugin/Conte nts/MacOS/RomanView. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
1/29/11 6:52:46 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] ([0x0-0xf00f].com.apple.Safari[131]) Exited: Terminated
1/29/11 6:52:59 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] ([0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.AddressBook[206]) Exited: Terminated
1/29/11 6:52:59 PM loginwindow[29] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (1) beyond bounds (1)
1/29/11 6:52:59 PM com.apple.loginwindow[29] 2011-01-29 18:52:59.446 loginwindow[29:107] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (1) beyond bounds (1)
1/29/11 6:53:14 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[111]) Exited: Killed
1/30/11 9:17:52 AM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/30/11 9:19:51 AM com.apple.fontd[66] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/30/11 9:19:51 AM com.apple.WindowServer[68] Sun Jan 30 09:19:51 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local WindowServer[68] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/30/11 9:19:54 AM com.apple.fontd[66] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/30/11 9:20:00 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[78] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/30/11 9:20:00 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[78] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/30/11 9:20:00 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/30/11 9:20:02 AM fontd[98] Database content version mismatch (stored(15) != expected(14))
1/30/11 9:20:04 AM SoftwareUpdateCheck[94] Checking for updates
1/30/11 9:20:05 AM storeagent[102] port created
1/30/11 9:20:08 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[109]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/30/11 9:20:38 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[111]) Exited: Killed
1/30/11 9:20:39 AM com.apple.loginwindow[22] shutdown: / is busy updating; waiting for lock
1/30/11 9:20:44 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[101]) Exited with exit code: 2
1/30/11 9:20:45 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] ([0x0-0x6006].SoftwareUpdateCheck[94]) Exited with exit code: 102
1/30/11 9:20:49 AM com.apple.coreservicesd[44] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
1/30/11 9:20:55 AM com.apple.coreservicesd[44] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
1/30/11 9:21:16 AM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/30/11 9:22:04 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[81] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/30/11 9:22:04 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[81] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/30/11 9:22:04 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/30/11 9:22:07 AM fontd[101] Database content version mismatch (stored(15) != expected(14))
1/30/11 9:22:07 AM fontd[101] Failed to open read-only database, regenerating DB
1/30/11 9:22:11 AM com.apple.fontd[101] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/30/11 9:22:13 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[111]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/30/11 9:22:19 AM com.apple.WindowServer[69] Sun Jan 30 09:22:19 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local WindowServer[69] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/30/11 9:22:26 AM com.apple.fontd[101] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/30/11 9:22:26 AM [0x0-0x9009].com.skype.skype[116] Main starting with pid 116 parent pid 89
1/30/11 9:22:28 AM Skype[116] SkypeApplication::init called
1/30/11 10:33:53 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[113]) Exited: Killed
1/30/11 10:34:02 AM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/30/11 10:34:26 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/30/11 10:34:26 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[79] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/30/11 10:34:26 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[79] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/30/11 10:34:28 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[107]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/30/11 10:34:32 AM [0x0-0x8008].com.skype.skype[112] Main starting with pid 112 parent pid 86
1/30/11 10:34:36 AM Skype[112] SkypeApplication::init called
1/30/11 3:37:45 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/30/11 3:50:19 PM com.apple.fontd[68] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/30/11 3:50:19 PM com.apple.WindowServer[69] Sun Jan 30 15:50:19 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local WindowServer[69] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/30/11 3:50:21 PM com.apple.fontd[68] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/30/11 3:50:52 PM com.apple.coreservicesd[45] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
1/30/11 3:53:14 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[80] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/30/11 3:53:14 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[80] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/30/11 3:53:14 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/30/11 3:53:15 PM fontd[101] Database content version mismatch (stored(15) != expected(14))
1/30/11 3:53:18 PM com.apple.coreservicesd[45] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
1/30/11 3:53:20 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[109]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/30/11 4:00:53 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[111]) Exited: Killed
1/30/11 4:12:07 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/30/11 4:12:56 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[81] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/30/11 4:12:56 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[81] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/30/11 4:12:56 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/30/11 4:12:59 PM fontd[101] Database content version mismatch (stored(15) != expected(14))
1/30/11 4:12:59 PM fontd[101] Failed to open read-only database, regenerating DB
1/30/11 4:13:06 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[111]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/30/11 4:13:15 PM com.apple.fontd[101] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/30/11 4:13:21 PM com.apple.fontd[101] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/30/11 4:13:21 PM [0x0-0x9009].com.skype.skype[116] Main starting with pid 116 parent pid 89
1/30/11 4:13:23 PM Skype[116] SkypeApplication::init called
1/30/11 5:12:33 PM com.apple.WindowServer[69] Sun Jan 30 17:12:33 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local WindowServer[69] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/30/11 5:12:34 PM com.apple.RemoteUI[169] CoreAnimation: rendering error 501
1/30/11 5:12:46 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] ([0x0-0x9009].com.skype.skype[116]) Exited: Terminated
1/30/11 5:12:49 PM com.apple.RemoteUI[169] HTTP2 Streaming Reads ON
1/30/11 5:13:12 PM System Preferences[175] .scriptSuite warning for result type of command 'timedLoad' in suite 'SystemPreferences': the type NSNumber ('long') doesn't match the result Apple event code ('doub').
1/31/11 12:17:59 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager) Throttling respawn: Will start in 5 seconds
1/31/11 12:54:05 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] ([0x0-0x18018].com.apple.Safari[180]) Exited: Terminated
1/31/11 1:31:00 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[89] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[113]) Exited: Killed
1/31/11 1:31:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/31/11 1:33:28 AM com.apple.fontd[66] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/31/11 1:33:29 AM com.apple.WindowServer[67] Mon Jan 31 01:33:29 Troy-Lindstroms-MacBook.local WindowServer[67] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/31/11 1:33:31 AM com.apple.fontd[66] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/31/11 1:33:48 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[76] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/31/11 1:33:48 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[76] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/31/11 1:33:48 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/31/11 1:33:50 AM fontd[96] Database content version mismatch (stored(15) != expected(14))
1/31/11 1:33:54 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[105]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/31/11 1:34:13 AM com.apple.coreservicesd[44] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
1/31/11 1:34:13 AM com.apple.coreservicesd[44] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
1/31/11 1:44:00 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[107]) Exited: Killed
1/31/11 1:44:10 AM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
1/31/11 1:44:43 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
1/31/11 1:44:43 AM fontd[95] Database content version mismatch (stored(15) != expected(14))
1/31/11 1:44:43 AM fontd[95] Failed to open read-only database, regenerating DB
1/31/11 1:44:44 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[79] ALF error: cannot find useragent 1102
1/31/11 1:44:44 AM com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[79] plugin.UserEventAgentFactory: called with typeID=FC86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0
1/31/11 1:44:45 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[86] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[108]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/31/11 1:44:45 AM com.apple.fontd[95] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/31/11 1:44:57 AM com.apple.fontd[95] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
1/31/11 1:44:58 AM [0x0-0x8008].com.skype.skype[112] Main starting with pid 112 parent pid 86
1/31/11 1:45:00 AM Skype[112] SkypeApplication::init called
1/31/11 2:00:28 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[141]) Exited with exit code: 2
Can anyone see the issue or tell me what I need to do to fix this thing???

Which MacBook model? Did it come with OSX 10.6 or did you upgrade it?

Keep having to 'Repair Disk permissions'.

My MBP (2.53 GHZ Intel Core i5, running 10.6.8) keeps running slow, and only improves after Repairing Disk Permissions. I had to run this again this morning - and I'd only ran Permissions repair two days ago! This is what I got;
'Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/dt.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/dt.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jce.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jce.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jconsole.jar ", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jconsole.jar ".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/management-a gent.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/management-a gent.jar".
User differs on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib", should be 95, user is 0.
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/dt.jar", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/dt.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/jce.jar", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/jce.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/management- agent.jar", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/management- agent.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/security/bl acklist", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/security/bl acklist".
User differs on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Libraries", should be 95, user is 0.
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Libraries".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Home/lib/security/cacerts", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Home/lib/security/cacerts".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib".
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions repair complete'
The other day the list was probably 3 times this length, often ending with '...but they are 80'.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Have you run Repair Disk?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
Have you checked SMART status?
Check the S.M.A.R.T. status on your HD:Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility > in the panel at left, selectthe first item in the list/your HD mechanism>look at the bottom of the mainwindow next to S.M.A.R.T. status and see if it says “Verified” or somethingmore ominous like “Failing.”
Have you run background maintenance scripts?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107388
Have you checked in Activity Monitor to see if any processes are using a high ammount of CPU?
Sometimes a process can run amok and use more of the CPU than it should, potentially causing a slowdown and/or heat issues and/or other issues. To check on this, first use your Mac as you normally would, the longer the better (checking this right after starting up may not show you anything). After you’ve used your Mac for awhile (again, the longer the better), go to Applications > Utilities > open Activity Monitor > in the top menu at right, select All Processes in the drop downmenu > click on the column heading titled % CPU (this will update continuously, showing the percentage each process is using) > toward the bottom left of the window, click on CPU (this will show % Idle, which will also tell you how much of the CPU is being used).
Have you done an SMC Reset?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
And 4GB used, 2GB free btw...
By chance is it referring to RAM usage?

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

Warning Message after repairing disk permissions

I received the following warning after running Repair Disk Permissions:
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
My computer has been crashing a lot. Apple ran hardware tests and everything appears to be running OK. Could this message hold the key to my problems?

Probably not, please read this Apple Advice Letter:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448
However it would be very beneficial if you provide more information about the circumstances and specifications of your iMac to determine why it's crashing. Also if you are running Activity Monitor to check and see how much FREEE RAM you have and if there are any processes taking up a lot of % CPU.
Roger

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.

Have to check & repair disk permissions on every restart

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