10.6.1 & Repair Permissions

Repair Permissions found quite a lot to fix when I applied the 10.6.1
upgrade - suggest you don't omit this step.

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In article <copespaz->,
MC <> wrote:

> Repair Permissions found quite a lot to fix when I applied the 10.6.1
> upgrade - suggest you don't omit this step.

Odd. I just tried this, on the basis of your suggestion, and found only
one file (private/etc/postfix/main.cf.default) reported fixed, plus two
SUID files in System/Library not fixed as having been modified.

In article
<mlsiemon->,
Michael Siemon <> wrote:

> In article <copespaz->,
> MC <> wrote:
>
> > Repair Permissions found quite a lot to fix when I applied the 10.6.1
> > upgrade - suggest you don't omit this step.
>
> Odd. I just tried this, on the basis of your suggestion, and found only
> one file (private/etc/postfix/main.cf.default) reported fixed, plus two
> SUID files in System/Library not fixed as having been modified.


The only permissions repaired on mine were all Flash Player.plugin
files.

But I did get two warnings:

Warning: SUID file
"System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacO
S/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file
"System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions
/A/Resources/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.


I know the first is for Apple Remote Desktop, but I'm not clear on the
second warning, or why I got both.

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On 2009-09-10 23:13:48 +0100, John Steinberg <> said:

> In article
> <mlsiemon->,
> Michael Siemon <> wrote:
>
>> In article <copespaz->,
>> MC <> wrote:
>>
>>> Repair Permissions found quite a lot to fix when I applied the 10.6.1
>>> upgrade - suggest you don't omit this step.
>>
>> Odd. I just tried this, on the basis of your suggestion, and found only
>> one file (private/etc/postfix/main.cf.default) reported fixed, plus two
>> SUID files in System/Library not fixed as having been modified.
>
>
> The only permissions repaired on mine were all Flash Player.plugin
> files.
>
> But I did get two warnings:
>
> Warning: SUID file
> "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacO
> S/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
> Warning: SUID file
> "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions
> /A/Resources/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.
>
>
> I know the first is for Apple Remote Desktop, but I'm not clear on the
> second warning, or why I got both.

I got this one as well just the one...

"System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions
/A/Resources/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.


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In article
<mlsiemon->,
Michael Siemon <> wrote:

> > Repair Permissions found quite a lot to fix when I applied the 10.6.1
> > upgrade - suggest you don't omit this step.
>
> Odd. I just tried this, on the basis of your suggestion, and found only
> one file (private/etc/postfix/main.cf.default) reported fixed, plus two
> SUID files in System/Library not fixed as having been modified.

I had a whole bunch of them, but all but one were about the Adobe plugin.

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MC <> wrote:

> Repair Permissions found quite a lot to fix when I applied the 10.6.1
> upgrade - suggest you don't omit this step.

I repaired permissions before I installed 10.6.1 and got a lot about
Flash. After the install there were only the two warnings already
mentioned.
(Combo Updater; I had the newest Flash installed a few days ago.)

In article
<mlsiemon->,
Michael Siemon <> wrote:

> In article <copespaz->,
> MC <> wrote:
>
> > Repair Permissions found quite a lot to fix when I applied the 10.6.1
> > upgrade - suggest you don't omit this step.
>
> Odd. I just tried this, on the basis of your suggestion, and found only
> one file (private/etc/postfix/main.cf.default) reported fixed, plus two
> SUID files in System/Library not fixed as having been modified.

I repaired permissions on my work Mac, and saw a couple dozen changes.
All were related to Flash.

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In article <100920091813486071%>,
John Steinberg <> wrote:
....
> But I did get two warnings:
>
> Warning: SUID file
> "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacO
> S/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
> Warning: SUID file
> "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions
> /A/Resources/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.

I see these and other similar ones, too. Apple has said you can safely
ignore them. Someone somewhere (sorry, I can't remember) posted a
comment that you could get rid of them by re-applying the latest combo
updater. I haven't tried it.

RE the warning while repairing permissions under 10.6.1:
"Warning: SUID file
"System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Locum"
has been modified and will not be repaired."

After upgrading from 10.6 to 10.6.1, I used Disk Utility to
repair permissions, and this was the ONLY alert I received.

NOTHING else needed "repair".

Never saw that before....

- John

In article <4aab23fb$0$13049$> ,
John Albert <> wrote:

> RE the warning while repairing permissions under 10.6.1:
> "Warning: SUID file
> "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Res
> ources/Locum"
> has been modified and will not be repaired."
>
> After upgrading from 10.6 to 10.6.1, I used Disk Utility to
> repair permissions, and this was the ONLY alert I received.
>
> NOTHING else needed "repair".
>
> Never saw that before....

Then you've been lucky.
The warning will persist at least until you apply another update,
perhaps beyond; but, as mentioned, apple says to ignore it.