Hi! When does someone need to pay serious attention to the tabel when a disk permitions repair is finished? In other words: Are there something which is very important to look for?
Best regards THomas Mail & MSN: [email protected] website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ blog: http://tbd.coolfortheblind.dk Skype: thomas_dalgaard Den 23/06/2011 kl. 05.09 skrev Jon Cohn: > I think it is worthwhile to understand SUID as this is a file that > circumvents standard UNIX user protections. > > A SUID file will run as the user that owns the file rather then running as > the user that started the program running. There are several programs that > need to be SUID so that they can have administrative powers on your computer, > but any SUID that is not expected should be tracked down to its origin to > make sure you do not have a piece of malware on your computer. Especially if > the owner of the SUID file is "root" > > I am fairly confident this is just a incorrectly registered file that the > Macintosh Operating system uses if you enable remote control of your > Macintosh in the system preferences. I believe one of the Security updates > that has come out this year changed permissions on this file. Are your > software updates up to date? > > > Jonathan > > On Jun 21, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Zachary Kline wrote: > >> Hi Kari, >> I'm not one hundred percent positive about what this message means, so am >> open to correction. I believe there's nothing to worry about, however. The >> message concerns a system file which you never modified yourself, which >> Apple probably modified in a software update. An SUID file is a concept >> from Unix, which is a bit difficult to explain. The permission "error" on >> it is nothing to be worried about. If I'm wrong, someone will surely let us >> know. >> Best, >> Zack. >> On Jun 21, 2011, at 4:52 AM, johns.kary wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> I did a repair disk permissions tonight, because I haven't done one for >>> a while, and my MBP has been running quite hot all day. In the list of >>> repairs I got the message. >>> >>> warning: SUID file system library >>> /CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDA/Agent" has >>> been modified and will not be repaired. >>> The repair finished with no problems, and my mac doesn't seam to be >>> running as hot, the fan hasn't kicked in for a while now. But does anyone >>> no what this message means? >>> Thanks Kari. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
