On 11/17/06 3:31 PM, Diane Ross deftly typed out: > I have heard that repair permissions only affects those applications > installed by Apple. I would be interested in hearing from the experts on > exactly what is repaired by running repair permissions.
The repair permissions process uses the information in /Library/Receipts to restore permissions to what those receipts say they should be set to. Only installers that make user of Apple's Installer application (.pkg or .mpkg) place receipts in /Library/Receipts and are, therefore, the only once that have a say in what is or isn't "repaired". Saying that repairing permissions "only affects those applications..." is a little misleading, though, as the installer may modify permissions on folder that doesn't natively belong to it. Say, for example, that an installer (or whatever) modifies the permissions on the /tmp folder. That would cause all sorts of problems. Running a permissions repair should sort that out. -Remo Del Bello -- "Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!" - 6th most commonly uttered Klingon programmer phrase -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
