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Q: PPC G5 OS X 10.5.8 using disk utility not all permissions repaired

Dear apple Community,

 

My G5 PPC iMac OS X 10.5.8, Processor 2GHz, memory 2 GB DDR SDRAM, Total Capacity:149.1 GB (160,041,885,696 Bytes)

 

Applying Disk Utility to Repair Permissions there are always 12 permissions never repaired! Should I delete then reinstall the Operating system? OR

Is there something else that could be the problem?

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Hope there is someone who may help

 

Best Wishes,

mflick

Posted on Apr 11, 2015 7:51 AM

by Klaus1,Solvedanswer
Klaus1 Klaus1
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A:

Not worth wasting time on, and in any case best left alone!

Posted on Apr 12, 2015 4:24 AM

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Q: PPC G5 OS X 10.5.8 using disk utility not all permissions repaired

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  • by Allan Jones,Helpful

    Allan Jones Allan Jones Apr 12, 2015 4:02 AM in response to mflick
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    Apr 12, 2015 4:02 AM in response to mflick

    Don't do anything. Repair Permission will almost always report such things. It is not harming your computer and is only a reporting issue, not a performance or security problem. It has been a long time since running RP displayed no items on a second run, like maybe in the OS10.2 days.

  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Apr 11, 2015 3:18 PM in response to mflick
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    Apr 11, 2015 3:18 PM in response to mflick

    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.

  • by mflick,

    mflick mflick Apr 12, 2015 4:12 AM in response to Klaus1
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    Apr 12, 2015 4:12 AM in response to Klaus1

    Thank you Klaus 1,

    Whilst I appreciate that Leopard has put these reported permissions in a different place within the OS; is one able to see that place or are they so deep it is just not practicable to hunt? I'm just curious not that I'd know what to do if I did locate the permissions...

    Thanks once again for your time and input,

    Best wishes, mflick

  • by Klaus1,Solvedanswer

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Apr 12, 2015 4:24 AM in response to mflick
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    Apr 12, 2015 4:24 AM in response to mflick

    Not worth wasting time on, and in any case best left alone!

  • by mflick,

    mflick mflick Apr 13, 2015 12:32 AM in response to Klaus1
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    Apr 13, 2015 12:32 AM in response to Klaus1

    Dear Klaus 1,

    Many thanks, I will certainly leave alone.

    Best Wishes,

    mflick

  • by mflick,

    mflick mflick Apr 13, 2015 12:36 AM in response to Allan Jones
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    Apr 13, 2015 12:36 AM in response to Allan Jones

    Dear Allan Jones,

     

    Many thanks for your reply and I'll certainly take your advise and not to do anything...

     

    Kind regards,

    mflick