WojoJuliet
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Q: After a Disc First Aid I get this message: "Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired."  Is this BAD?

After a Disc First Aid I get this message: "Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired."  Is this BAD?

 

My iMac had originally frozen up on me a few times this week (after upgrading to Lion - I know I'm a little slow to do the upgrade!) and I could not even force quit, I had to use the power button to shut down (which I don't like doing).  So I ran a Disc Utilities Verification and Repair this morning and this is the message I'm getting:   "Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired."

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jan 15, 2013 10:15 AM

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  • by seventy one,Helpful

    seventy one seventy one Jan 15, 2013 10:26 AM in response to WojoJuliet
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    Jan 15, 2013 10:26 AM in response to WojoJuliet

    No.  You can safely ignore it.   Providing the final message says that permissions are repaired all is well.   If your Mac is still not working properly there are other matters to attend to.

  • by Klaus1,Helpful

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Jan 15, 2013 10:26 AM in response to WojoJuliet
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    Jan 15, 2013 10:26 AM in response to WojoJuliet

    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.