Permissions Help... I think?
Alright guys, here's the run down.
I made the stupid mistake of changing the permissions and clicking apply to all enclosed folders. (I know NOW to never do that so let's not bring that up 🙂 )
So now my Mac won't boot. It's a late 2007 iMac running 10.6.8 so my options are limited.
Just to limit them a bit further, I don't have the install disk, no TM back-up, recovery mode or disk utility & won't boot in safe mode.
Basically the ONLY thing I have to work with is Single User Mode, which I'm quite comfy in 🙂
I've tried some chmod commands, fsck comes back fine, the only thing I can noticeably see is verbose mode shows the start up hangs at a dubious permissions on file & to please rename to launchd: /etc/mach_init/d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist. No idea what that means!
I'm ok with erasing everything and starting over, but when I run the remove apple setup command, it comes back with no file found?
More recently I've tried /usr/libexec/repair_packages --repair --standard-pkgs because I read it's pretty much the same thing Disk Utility Repair Permissions runs.
That brought up something about the ACL's and I think my Mac is repairing itself, it has the look of single user mode but it's scrolling super fast! For about 35 mins now...
So here's my question(s):
How long should I let this thing run? I've read clearing ACL's take just a few minutes.
Are there other commands in SUM I could try?
How can I fix that dubious permissions error?
And if it has to come down to it, I'm totally fine erasing everything and starting over, so I would need some help on that 🙂
Thanks in advance guys! I'm sorry I have so many questions, I've just been googling my butt off and wants some answers once and for all! 🙂
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)