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pamela542 Author

Level 1

9 points

Using 'diskutil' to 'resetUserPermissions'

I am using a previous method to fix slow performance of my iMAC computer, but the 'string' diskutil resetUserPermissions /'id -u' now returns the following:

"Incorrect number of parameters

Usage: diskutil resetUserPermissions MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode UID

Reset the permissions of a user home directory.

Ownership of the affected disk is required."

How can I fix this ?

Have I used an incorrect 'string' regarding spaces and other characters?

What are the implications (security) if I just close the Terminal Box ?

Posted on Jul 4, 2019 5:46 PM

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HWTech

Level 9

60,380 points

Posted on Jul 4, 2019 8:05 PM

Check out this article. From the example in the article the command uses back tics (found on the tilde "~" key) and not regular apostrophes around the "id -u" portion of the command. Compare them here: