HT203172: Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore

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Q: I get a long list of Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServicesRemoteManagement..." every time I verify disk permissions.  Is there anything I can do to fix this?

I get a long list of Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServicesRemoteManagement..." every time I verify disk permissions.  Is there anything I can do to fix this?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 12 core. 32 GB ram

Posted on May 18, 2013 10:56 AM

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  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 May 18, 2013 11:20 AM in response to gonewest
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    May 18, 2013 11:20 AM in response to gonewest

    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.

  • by ishadoe,

    ishadoe ishadoe Jan 8, 2015 7:32 PM in response to Klaus1
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    Mac OS X
    Jan 8, 2015 7:32 PM in response to Klaus1

    ^Sorry your post just confused me more.

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 9, 2015 10:36 AM in response to ishadoe
    Level 10 (123,618 points)
    Jan 9, 2015 10:36 AM in response to ishadoe

    Did you just Verify Permissions, or did you Repair Permissions?

     

    If it was Repair Permissions then you can safely ignore any Verify or Repair messages after the first run... silly, but that is the way it is.