Just speculating.. though it may be off the mark if scanning disks
other than your primary boot disk (ie secondary boot drive other mac
in target mode etc that verify doesn't write to the disk so if it
comes up with serious disk errors (corrupted/missing btree etc) you
can use tech tools or other utilities to repair or recovr data
without worrying if writing to that disk would cause further issues
Is there a difference between verify disk permissions and repair
disk permissions?
Yes.
I notice when running VDP a repair is carried out if needed. Is
there a need to run VDP and RDP or is VDP sufficient?
Verify does not (AFAIK) do repairs. Maybe you clicked the wrong button?
In lay terms, what does this stuff mean/do?
Verify = check all the permissions against the permission
information in receipts left by various installers in
/Library/Receipts, and print a warning if they don't match.
Repair = change all the permissions to match the permissions as
documented by the receipts in /Library/Receipts
Have fun,
Shay
--
=========================== Shay Telfer ================================
Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the
Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge
http://public.xdi.org/=Shay fnord <http://sungroper.asn.au/>
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>
Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>
Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
--
~
Mark Secker Computer Support Officer
ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G
~
"Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible."
- Miguel de Unamuno
"It takes an idiot to do cool things.... that's why it's cool"
- Haruhara Haruka (FLCL)
<http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm> (sometimes works)
