Q: Disk Utility issue
Hello!
I have a problem with Disk Utility: it seems that Permission Repair does not work.
Firstly I clicked on "Verify Disk Permissions", then "Repair Disk Permissions" as intended.
1.
Verifying permissions for “HD”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/CoreServices/Feedback Assistant.app”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Safari.help/Contents/Resources/inde x.html”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Group differs on “Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf.plist”; should be 80; group is 0.
2.
Repairing permissions for “HD”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/CoreServices/Feedback Assistant.app”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/CoreServices/Feedback Assistant.app”
Permissions differ on “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Safari.help/Contents/Resources/inde x.html”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r--
Repaired “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Safari.help/Contents/Resources/inde x.html”
Group differs on “Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf.plist”; should be 80; group is 0.
Repaired “Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf.plist”
Permissions repair complete
Then, I clicked on "Very Disk Permissions" again and this is what I have seen:
3.
Verifying permissions for “HD”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/CoreServices/Feedback Assistant.app”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Safari.help/Contents/Resources/inde x.html”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Am I missing something or Disk Utility can't fix this issue? Please help, I have no idea what's going on.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Posted on Oct 14, 2014 5:03 AM
Ignore those messages.
If there was a problem, the "permissions repair complete" message would not be there.
Incidentally, I have not seen a permissions caused problem in several years (although I still (old school) run repair after software updates.
Barry
Posted on Oct 14, 2014 6:48 AM