Fordy73
Level 1 (0 points)

Q: Am I vulnerable?

I have the following message when repairing disk permissions....

 

'Warning' “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent” has been modified and will not be repaired. 

 

Any idea what this means?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012)

Posted on Oct 12, 2013 2:59 PM

Close
Fordy73

Q: Am I vulnerable?

  • All replies
  • Helpful answers

  • by dominic23,

    dominic23 dominic23 Oct 12, 2013 4:03 PM in response to Fordy73
    Level 8 (42,105 points)
    Mac OS X
    Oct 12, 2013 4:03 PM in response to Fordy73

    We all get this message when we repair permissions.

     

    Nothing to worry about this message, this is normal.

     

     

    Best.

  • by kevbot96,

    kevbot96 kevbot96 Oct 12, 2013 4:09 PM in response to Fordy73
    Level 2 (160 points)
    Oct 12, 2013 4:09 PM in response to Fordy73

    ARDAgent refers to the Apple Remote Desktop Agent that accompanies the Remote Desktop software. You are not vulnerable to any one unless you manually allow them to gain access to your computer remotely.

  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Oct 12, 2013 4:37 PM in response to Fordy73
    Level 8 (48,918 points)
    Oct 12, 2013 4:37 PM in response to Fordy73

    Worry not!

     

    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.