Jane Elizabeth Smith
Level 1 (10 points)
Mac OS X

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

Having had awful trouble with my iphoto app. to the point where it just crashes all the time and won't syncronise with my ipad or iphone and I just can't open it, I've been trying to fix it unsuccessfully. So I trashed the iphoto file after extracting the raw images inside.  I then did a 'repair disk permissions' using disk utility and got the above warning.  Can anyone tell me if this is a critical issue or one that can be ignored?  Thanks

MacBook Pro (17-inch 2.4 GHz), Mac OS X (10.7.2), Great machine I love it!

Posted on Jan 28, 2014 10:36 AM

by Klaus1,Solvedanswer
Klaus1 Klaus1
Level 8 (48,913 points)
A:

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.

Posted on Jan 28, 2014 10:44 AM

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  • by Niel,Helpful

    Niel Niel Jan 28, 2014 10:39 AM in response to Jane Elizabeth Smith
    Level 10 (314,444 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jan 28, 2014 10:39 AM in response to Jane Elizabeth Smith

    It's one which can be ignored.

     

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  • by dominic23,Helpful

    dominic23 dominic23 Jan 28, 2014 10:41 AM in response to Jane Elizabeth Smith
    Level 8 (42,105 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jan 28, 2014 10:41 AM in response to Jane Elizabeth Smith

    When repairing permissions  these warnings do appear.

     

    Do not have to worry about it.

  • by Klaus1,Solvedanswer

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Jan 28, 2014 10:44 AM in response to Jane Elizabeth Smith
    Level 8 (48,913 points)
    Jan 28, 2014 10:44 AM in response to Jane Elizabeth Smith

    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.