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

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

What's this mean? How did this happen? What does it impact? Can it be repaired?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 30, 2014 9:28 AM

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Jan 30, 2014 9:31 AM in response to sstepanek3
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    Jan 30, 2014 9:31 AM in response to sstepanek3

    Just ignore these errors. They are innocuous. They will recur every time you repair permissions.

  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Jan 30, 2014 9:34 AM in response to sstepanek3
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    Jan 30, 2014 9:34 AM in response to sstepanek3

    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.