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Q: Drive Utility: Permissions differ on “Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are drwxr-xr-x .

I downloaded & installed Java 7 for Mountain Lion 10.8.3 from http://www.java.com/download/mac_download.jsp . Upon running Verify Permissions in Drive Utility I receive the following messgae: Permissions differ on “Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are drwxr-xr-x . Disk Utilities is unable to repair the permissions error.

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), Java 7

Posted on Apr 9, 2013 5:25 PM

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Apr 9, 2013 5:27 PM in response to PageRankSEO
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    Apr 9, 2013 5:27 PM in response to PageRankSEO

    That message means that the package's structure has changed. If everything's working normally, ignore messages in which only the first character of the block is different.

     

    (80524)

  • by RogerBagula,

    RogerBagula RogerBagula Apr 10, 2013 6:14 AM in response to PageRankSEO
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    Apr 10, 2013 6:14 AM in response to PageRankSEO

    I originally asked this question on the Google+ Apple community

    and this other fellow thought it was important enough to submit here.

    No, I wouldn't be running permissions checks with disk utility

    if everything was working right.

    I keep getting a continued gray screen at shut down.

  • by marleneks,

    marleneks marleneks May 8, 2013 9:17 PM in response to PageRankSEO
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    May 8, 2013 9:17 PM in response to PageRankSEO

    I am having the same problem and I have to use Java to access my bank account in Brazil. I don't know what to do.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 May 8, 2013 9:21 PM in response to marleneks
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    May 8, 2013 9:21 PM in response to marleneks

    marleneks wrote:

     

    I am having the same problem and I have to use Java to access my bank account in Brazil. I don't know what to do.

    The Permissions Repair is not a problem. As long as it shows Permissions Repaired then all is good. Ignore the rest. Those permissions have nothing to do with your not being able to access your BankSite, so I do not see how you claim you have the same problem? It may pay to start your own thread and describe your own issues.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

  • by marleneks,

    marleneks marleneks May 9, 2013 8:58 AM in response to petermac87
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    May 9, 2013 8:58 AM in response to petermac87

    Sorry, what I meant is I was getting the message "missing plugin", so I thought I had to repair Permissions and every time I tried I got that message “Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are drwxr-xr-x", but then I followed Java instructions. I went back to Java 6 and finally I could access my bank.

    I came across this article on the internet:

    For the second time in a month, Apple has effectively blacklisted the current version of the Java Web plugin on OS X. The block comes just days after it was discovered that the latest version of the plugin, which had been rushed out to patch a critical vulnerability, can still be exploited despite its heightened security mechanisms.

    Apple has worked to distance itself from Java in recent years. The company deprecated its own version of the Java virtual machine for OS X, instead deferring development to Oracle itself. The browser plugin in particular has become a common vector for malware attacks, and Apple removed the Java Web plugin from recent versions of OS X last year. Those needing the plugin must install it separately.

     

    I even tried "About Java for OS X 2013-003", but it also didn't work.

     

    That's why I decided to uninstalled Java 7 and installed 6 again and it worked.

     

    Thank you anyway.