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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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drwxr-xr-x@ 14 thalo 501 476 Jun 14 2007 PanoramaMaker
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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
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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
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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
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drwxr-xr-x+ 20 thalo staff 680 Mar 13 12:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root admin 170 Feb 15 02:25 ..
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drwx------+ 49 thalo staff 1666 Mar 13 15:28 Library
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i have a question about sites permissions
in google chrom it is easy to set permission for each site like (java, flash plugin, image , ...)
http://i58.tinypic.com/nl66v9.png
but i prefer to use firefox
is there any addon or something else to have this options in firefox ?

You can inspect and manage the permissions for the domain in the currently selected tab via these steps:
*Click the "[[Site Identity Button|Site Identity Button]]" (globe/padlock) on the location/address bar
*Click "More Information" to open "Tools > Page Info" with the Security tab selected
*Go to the Permissions tab (Tools > Page Info > Permissions) to check the permissions for the domain in the currently selected tab
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-manage-website-permissions

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Hi
I have a question about the removal of permissions from the System folder (and sub directories and files).
Background
Since installing a new HD, clean install of 10.6, application of updates and moving over backed up user directories I have had several issues with permissions.
I have read several threads on this and using disk warrior and other tools I have been able to fix most of the issues.
The Problem
The issue that remains is a permissions check using Disk Utility keeps reporting
ACL found but not expected on "System".
followed by an extensive list of sub directories and all.
Attempts to repair take hours and the same errors are reported.
Found Solutions
I have read about changing and/or completely removing the ACL from the permissions from the System using two different commands:
sudo chmod -R -N ./System/* ( to remove all ACLs)
or
sudo chmod -R -E ./System/* ( to replace all ACLs )
My Question is ( to the UNIX gurus):
What is the difference between the usage with -E and -R and which is the best approach for a Systems directory and (subordinates)?
Many thanks!!

OK
So I misread on the your instructions about the PW reset, did it, no harm in that. I did also select the options to reset all the permissions for all the accounts and the ACL issues were not resolved. My bad, I forgot to note that.
You do suggest getting and expert opinion but alas these are rather elusive. In most cases the Apple solutions is to do a complete reinstall... I have found that unless you completely wipe a drive and rebuild everything there are often artifacts left behind. Since I have full and redundant back-ups I would rather explore and hack a little instead of a dull old system reinstall. The irony is the system issue I had was it was the result a reinstall and combo update on a new drive. I recognize the risks of entering the realms of the System folders but I am willing to explore knowing full well that I have a path to recovery.
Thanks again for your insights. I come to the forums looking for insights and ideas but not a lecture...

Question about folder permissions

I have set up separate user accounts for myself (as administrator) and my wife and four kids (a total of six user accounts). After having problems in iTunes and iPhoto with messages regarding "locked disk, or no access" I created a group called "family" which includes all the user accounts plus admin and root. I then changed the folder permissions for all the user subfolders (and their subfolders) to be as follows:
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Are the changes I made unnecessary or incorrect? An alternative scheme that was recommended by someone in a thread pertaining to the iTunes "locked disk" issue was the following for a given user (presumably someone other than the administrator):
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Hi Eric55,
I want to suggest two things:
You yourself should use a non-admin account for daily
work. An administrator should administrate, and
should not write a letter. This would reduce risks of
malicious software doing bad things to your whole
system (since it would have your admin rights) and
you yourself doing bad things without noticing (like
deleting important files accidentically just because
you can do so without warning).
Many thanks for your very helpful reply. I can see the wisdom of what you're suggesting. So, should I just create another account, e.g., called "Eric2," that I use for routine work, leaving the "Eric" account that has admin rights alone except when needed for admin tasks?
Regarding your question with folder permission: There
is a folder named "Shared" that should hold all the
files that everyone needs to have access to. The
important bit is that the files in it must also be
available to everyone.
I had understood from the book I bought ("Mac OS X, The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition," by David Pogue) that all users have access to the Shared folder and its contents. In fact, this is how I got into this whole issue of folder permissions. Pogue's book suggests putting music (MP3) files into the Shared folder (rather than leaving them in each user's Music folder) so that all users can share them in iTunes (after switching the iTunes music folder location to the Shared. . . folder). I did this, but then my son, working from within his user account, was unable to copy the contents of a music CD into the Shared folder. That got me started on what seems to have been a misguided effort to expand folder permissions so that he (and other users) would have read & write access to the Shared folder, not just read only access.
But once I did that, the kids starting having problems with iTunes and iPhoto from their user accounts. For example, a common problem was that when trying to open iTunes they would get an error message saying that iTunes was on a locked disk or they didn't have permission to access the folder. This didn't make sense, since I thought I'd expanded their access rights sufficiently by putting them in a "family" group and giving that group R&W access. So at that point, I concluded that I didn't understand permissions well enough!
And for this a common group is
alright, but Mac OS does not do this automatically;
all files copied there must be changed manually (or
by a folder action Apple Script, if you know how to
do this) to this group and have the proper rights
set.
That's what I thought I'd done with my "family" group, but that seems to have created more problems that it solved.
BTW, I would not put admin or root users in this
common group, again out of caution.
OK, makes sense.
And user folders
should belong to users, not to everyone. Just my
thinking ...
Again, what I was basically trying to accomplish was to have all the music files in the Shared folder, but at the same time make it possible for individual users to add music to the Shared folder. Maybe you have some suggestions for how to do that, and for how to revise the permissions I set up, e.g., to put them back to how they were before. If so, many thanks in advance!
--Eric

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Hello All,
I hope somebody can help me. I am wondering about the ACL Atribute "Read Permissions"
Lets say I created a shre named "Share1" were "User1" has read Access. I created a Folder named "Folder1" in share. In the NTFS Permssions I specified that User1 can "Traverse Folder and List Folder" . With These
t atributes set the User is able to Access Folder1. But when I copy a File there - doesnt matter if it is a text document, an exe file, or so, the user is not able to Access the ressource. He gets an Acces Denied Error. Only if I add the Permission "Read
Permissions" the user is able to open the file.
I dont get why the user is able to open the Folder but not to execute files with the same permission. Is it possible to open a Folder without "Reading Permession Atribute" but not open a file?
Why is the Feature available if i cant block users from reading permissions of a specific file?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Marco

Something isn't adding up. "Read Permissions" should be there by default because just about any basic permission grants the "Read Permissions" advanced permission. See the tables in the following TechNet to see what I mean.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727008.aspx
Check the Scope for the User1 entry on the Folder1 ACL. The Scope is shown under the "Applies to" section from the screenshot below. If it doesn't read "This Folder, subfolders, & files" you may want to see if changing to that makes a difference.

Q: How to properly shutdown part/all of VDI? and question about disk space

Hi again. I was able to get the VDI to work, but yesterday I changed the ARC parameter both in the storage and the xvm server (not sure in which is needed to be changed) and restarted both machines, to my surprise, the templates and the cloned VM had disappeared, so I was wondering if there is a proper way to shut down parts or the whole VDI? is there a sequence? and, of course, how to then turn everything back online ...
How to make things permanent or at least, to export them so one can then import them back after the reboot?
I did not find this in the documentation, the vdi3.pdf, if it is somewhere else, plz provide me with the link.
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Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
VDisksPool 202890010 19 202889991 1% /VDisks
rpool 58603340 78 58603262 1% /rpool
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Edited by: Velithion on Jul 8, 2009 8:05 AM

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> Hello there,
>
> I'm working on a simple FLEX app which uses the built-in
PHP wizard to
> connect
> to a mySQL database. I'm building the app using MAMP and
so far all of my
> testing is working fine. I have it performing all kinds
of CRUD
> successfully,
> etc.
>
> My question is how to properly go about moving all the
necessary files to
> my
> off-site web host. Namely my mySQL database.
If your database is the same version of mySQL on the MAMP as
on the server,
then you should be able to just export it from one and import
it to the
other. If not, you could try doing something similar to what
I describe
here:
http://flexdiary.blogspot.com/2009/01/lazy-loading-tree-example-file-posted.html
in the steps that start: "Download the rtf translation of the
mySQL database
table..." and "Open the classification.rtf you downloaded
and..."
> And will the auto-generated PHP
> break now that it's not running on my localhost.
I'm not sure, but I think you might wind up having to make
some adjustments
to it. For instance, is the user name and password identical
on your server
and your MAMP installation? If not, you'll have to edit some
of the
connection data.
> I've tried to find a simple
> step-by-step guide to migrating everything here to an
off-site host but
> couldn't find anything specific. Only how to create a
simple release build
> which works fine. I'd like to do some testing before I
get any deeper to
> confirm that I understand how to migrate all the files I
need to my web
> host.
This may well be because the type of person who writes these
guides is
unlikely to be using the automatically generated scripts.
HTH;
Amy

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Ok, so i have a weird Boot Camp error that requires reformatting of my whole drive. Now I have thought up a procedure that I think will work, let me know if this is a viable option:
1: Hook up a 320GB External Firewire Drive
2: Boot up using the 10.6 DVD
3: Go into Disk Utility
4: Make an image of the Macintosh HD and save it to the External Drive
5: Format the Macintosh HD
6: Restore the Macintosh HD using the Image
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Copy the content of the external to the internal--into an appropriately named folder. Then, clone your internal to the external. I would just use DU. First, use DU to partition the external GUID--which also will format it OS X extended (journaled). You might want to make two partitions if you have room (see below). To clone, go to the restore tab; select your internal volume and drag it to the source box. Then, select your external and drag it to the destination box. Then, click restore. If you can't perform the operation without previously selecting erase distination, then select it; let DU erase again; and then click restore.
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Question about ACL permissions

I have a situation and i wounder how to set up the permissions to make it work.
I have a folder (the share point) with ~200 subfolders,(called -1000,-2000, -3000, etc etc) In these folders there are tons of pictures.
I want a group(picturesRW) to be able to Read all files/folders, change name on the files (but not on the folders) and also add new files, but not delete(files or folders) Also not to move folders in to other folders (if that is possible).
Then i want another group to be able to just read everything, but thats the easy part.
Hoping there is someone that knows how to set this up. Have tried with allowing "Write attributes" but they still cant rename files..
Cheers!

Hi
A good place to start in my opinion in understanding ACLs is Gerrit de Witt's excellent series of posts:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1535247
If you have not already done so download the Admin Manuals:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/UserManagement_Adminv10.4.pdf
http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/UserManagementv10.5.mnl.pdf
Bear in mind that on 10.4 Server you have to enable ACLs on a volume, followed by a restart otherwise the ACLs don't take and all that is working is the standard POSIX permissions. 10.5 Server has ACLs enabled by default. If you don't want them you have use terminal to disable them. You can't have ACLs without standard POSIX. Both permissions models apply and are accumulative. You can use standard POSIX permissions without ACLs. Be careful when using both models to define an access policy as a deny using both models can easily lock you out of the server. Use WGM when applying permissions. Don't be tempted to do it using the Finder. Defining permissions using terminal - in my opinion - is better but it is not to everyone's taste. ACLs should take precedence over standard POSIX permissions.
Hope this helps, Tony

Question about Disk Utility

I migrated my IMac I got back in May to Leopard and I was looking at the Disk Utility and noticed the Repair Disk option is the only one grayed out. Does this mean my hard drive needs a repair done on this? Tonight I got prompted to update my Keychains with a new update and rebooted. Is there a diagnostic mode where I can get this option? Do I have to put in the Mac OS X dvd in to get to a repair option?

You should never be without a 2nd "emergency" boot drive with current version of OS X, because Disk Utility does change. You can verify, but it isn't reliable.
You can also run repairs from Single User Mode (command S, follow the onscreen instructions at the prompt) to run FSCK -FY.
It is easy to use Leopard Cache Cleaner to do the above also. It would be nice to "schedule" the system to do a system check and repair on the next startup.
A lot of people don't trust Disk Utility and use Disk Warrior, there are errors that DU doesn't see, and doesn't fix. And you won't know if you don't have DW and an alternate boot drive.

Quick question about disk utility.

I have software mirror raid set up with Disk Utility. Although the one slice of the two as failed. The disk it's self has not failed just the slice. There appears to be a rebuild option, but would like to know if I click that button will it take the volume offline or will the data still be accessible while it rebuilds?

IIRC the data is still accessible but things slow down a bit.
Generally when a slice fails the drive can't be far behind. The firs thing I would do is make sure you have that RAID backed up.

Simple (?) question about KM Permissions

Is it possible to make a KM Folder writeable for end-user making sure at the same time that the end-user when viewing the folder is only able to see the documents he/she created/uploaded and not the content uploaded/created by others.
You can of course write a resource list filter to implement this, but my question is : is there a way to achieve this without programming, by simple configuration.

Hi Theo Paesen
You can try for this if your requirement is for creating a Personal folder for your user.This Corresponding Folder will only be visible to the user based on his/her Userid.So the user can upload his/her documents to this folder and he/she alone will be able to see it.
Create a KM Navigation iview.In the path to the folder in the KM Navigation iview you can use the Userid as follows.
Path to initially displayed folder : <path from root..folder/<user.id>.So depending upon the user, the contents inside the corresponding folder is displayed.
Eg: all personal folders inside the documents/Personal folder.
Path to initially displayed folder : documents/Personal/<user.id>
Regards
Geogi

Disk permissions-should I be worried?

Hey,
I was just wondering if I should be worried about disk permissions. When permission repairing is completed and I press it again it repairs the same permissions again.. I tried searching but couldn't find as long permission error list as I have so I decided to make thread
Here are the permissions that can't be repaired:
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/dt.jar”, pitäisi olla -rw-r--r-- , ovat lrwxr-xr-x .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jce.jar”, pitäisi olla -rw-r--r-- , ovat lrwxr-xr-x .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jconsole.jar ”, pitäisi olla -rw-r--r-- , ovat lrwxr-xr-x .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/management-a gent.jar”, pitäisi olla -rw-r--r-- , ovat lrwxr-xr-x .
Käyttäjä eroaa kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib”, pitäisi olla 95, käyttäjä on 0.
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/dt.jar”, pitäisi olla lrwxr-xr-x , ovat -rw-r--r-- .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/jce.jar”, pitäisi olla lrwxr-xr-x , ovat -rw-r--r-- .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/management- agent.jar”, pitäisi olla lrwxr-xr-x , ovat -rw-r--r-- .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/security/bl acklist”, pitäisi olla -rw-r--r-- , ovat lrwxr-xr-x .
Käyttäjä eroaa kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Libraries”, pitäisi olla 95, käyttäjä on 0.
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle”, pitäisi olla drwxr-xr-x , ovat lrwxr-xr-x .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar”, pitäisi olla -rw-r--r-- , ovat lrwxr-xr-x .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib”, pitäisi olla -rwxr-xr-x , ovat lrwxr-xr-x .
ACL löydettiin odottamattomasti kohteesta ”private/etc/apache2/users”.
ACL löydettiin odottamattomasti kohteesta ”Library/Preferences/Audio”.
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VisualVM.bundl e/Contents/Home/profiler3/lib/deployed/jdk15/hpux-pa_risc2.0/libprofilerinterfac e.sl”, pitäisi olla -rwxr-xr-x , ovat -rw-r--r-- .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VisualVM.bundl e/Contents/Home/profiler3/lib/deployed/jdk15/hpux-pa_risc2.0w/libprofilerinterfa ce.sl”, pitäisi olla -rwxr-xr-x , ovat -rw-r--r-- .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VisualVM.bundl e/Contents/Home/profiler3/lib/deployed/jdk16/hpux-pa_risc2.0/libprofilerinterfac e.sl”, pitäisi olla -rwxr-xr-x , ovat -rw-r--r-- .
Oikeudet eroavat kohteessa ”System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VisualVM.bundl e/Contents/Home/profiler3/lib/deployed/jdk16/hpux-pa_risc2.0w/libprofilerinterfa ce.sl”, pitäisi olla -rwxr-xr-x , ovat -rw-r--r-- .
ACL löydettiin odottamattomasti kohteesta ”System/Library/Keychains/X509Anchors”.
Varoitus: SUID-tiedostoa ”System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconf ig” on muokattu eikä sitä korjata.
Varoitus: SUID-tiedostoa ”System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writecon fig” on muokattu eikä sitä korjata.
ACL löydettiin odottamattomasti kohteesta ”private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd”.
ACL löydettiin odottamattomasti kohteesta ”private/var/yp/binding”.

That is normal. No need to worry.
See this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US

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

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.

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