Mikael Byström on 6/7/03 said >Charles Maurer suggested: >>> while you're at it you might as well boot from your OS X >>>install CD, start Disk utility and repair permissions. >> >>Easier: from a window in Terminal run: >> >> sudo diskutil repairPermissions / >> > > >Thanks. Options are good, however, I see one problem: Don't you think >there is a point with starting up from another disk? Like open files etc? > >Because one could also use Pseudo and startup Disk Utility as root >without the terminal. Some people totally dislike the terminal and I >suspect a few PM users are among those. I'd never say to people I don't >know, to use the terminal. I'm still grateful for tips I didn't think of. >So thanks again.
Before going to all the trouble of using Terminal you could try using disk Utility and repair permissions. I think this started being available in 10.2.2 or thereabouts, before that you had to download it. Applications/Disk Utility First Aid. It might not do everything that you can do from Terminal, but at least it is a place to start. -- Barbara Needham
