fazkashani
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Q: my permissions are always corrupt

I verify disc permissions and it notifies my that they are corrupt, then I repair disc permissions..

When I verify again it still has the same issues and requires repair again!

do i have malware?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 18, 2013 8:20 PM

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fazkashani

Q: my permissions are always corrupt

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  • by Niel,Helpful

    Niel Niel Feb 18, 2013 8:21 PM in response to fazkashani
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    Feb 18, 2013 8:21 PM in response to fazkashani

    No; what you're seeing are status messages and not problems. Running repair permissions repeatedly will not fix anything that one run won't.

     

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  • by Klaus1,Helpful

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Feb 19, 2013 1:51 AM in response to fazkashani
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    Feb 19, 2013 1:51 AM in response to fazkashani

    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

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    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.