?same file perms constantly wrong?

[Jerry Kindall]

In article <bf6hr0$2nl$1@acme.gcfn.org>, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org>
wrote:

> Hi all, Could use a little help with some UNIX permissions stuff.
>
> *Every*day* I run DFA to repair permissions, and *every*day* the same
> files have screwed up permissions and group IDs. They are
>
> ./private/var/db/netinfo/local.nidb/Clean and
> ./private/var/run/utmp
>
> Any idea why this is happening and, more importantly, should I be worried?

"Repair Permissions" simply goes through the "bill of materials" files
for each package you've installed on the system and sets the
permissions according to each package's BOM. It is not unlikely that
two different installs would install the same file but have slightly
different permissions. So every time you repair permissions, the
permissions on that file will get set one way by the first package,
then the other way by the second package. Each package will report
that the permissions are "wrong" for that file. But the differences
are minor enough not to affect the computer's operation.

It is not necesary to run Repair Permissions every day.

--
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[kenichi kikuchi]

Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote:

> *Every*day* I run DFA to repair permissions, and *every*day* the same
> files have screwed up permissions and group IDs. They are
>
> ./private/var/db/netinfo/local.nidb/Clean and
> ./private/var/run/utmp
>
> Any idea why this is happening and, more importantly, should I be worried?

No. See
[url]http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25364[/url]
[url]http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107230[/url]

kenichi

[Fred Moore]

Thanks for the responses. Now I'll sleep better.

--Fred