Q: From a green geezer: How to repair persistent iTunes permissions?
1. Software/Hardware Overview:
OS 10.8.5
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B27
SMC Version (system): 1.70f6
Serial Number (system): XXXXXXXXXXXX
Hardware UUID: A1E392B9-2C5B-552B-956E-FFBF073C16E1
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
2. Whenevever I run verify permissions, there are over a hundred permissions listed. It seems as if most of them are from iTunes, and it appears that they are never repaired.
Here's two from the Disk Utility log:
2014-05-03 17:51:23 -0400: Permissions differ on “Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/AACEncoderConfig.nib” ; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
2014-05-03 17:51:23 -0400: Permissions differ on “Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/AskUser.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Should I be concerned about this? If not, any that I should be concerned about other than iTunes?
Thanks in advance. Esso.
MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Posted on May 3, 2014 3:01 PM
Don't bother with verifying, just repair them.
As long as the report ends up with 'Permissions repair complete' then, as far as permissions go, you are fine. You can ignore the various statements in the report:
Permissions you can ignore on 10.5 onwards:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448
Using 'should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--' as an example, you will see the that the permissions are not changed, but the | indicates a different location. This is because an update to Leopard onwards changed the location of a number of system components.
Poster rccharles has provided this description of what it all means:
drwxrwxrwx
d = directory
r = read
w = write
x = executeable program
drwxrwxrwx
| | |
| | all other users not in first two types
| |
| group
|
owner
a little more info
Before the user had read & write. A member of the group had read.
After, only the user had read & write.
Posted on May 3, 2014 3:35 PM