On or near 10/9/02 9:32 AM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > Actually, to reset permissions, as opposed to doing repairs, on the OS X > Disk, you need to be booted from the disk itself, not the CD. ( Allen may > well be right that doing disk repairs also resets permissions correctly, but > it's not necessary to go through all this just to reset permissions.) So in > Jaguar, just go to Disk Utility, select your OS X disk, click First Aid tab, > and click to Repair Disk Permissions. > I did say "Disk Repair", didn't I? I meant "Disk Utility." I know I read <somewhere> that it was advisable to run Repair Permissions from the CD. I ran it for myself as you describe, while booted normally, and it seemed to work. Perhaps it works both ways. It makes sense. I do recall reading that it has value ONLY when run against a boot volume containing an OS X system; perhaps you are confusing that with being booted from the disk itself? -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
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