Hi Ashley, Joe & Alexander, It's not an issue. Just because it is flagged in repair permissions doesn't mean there is something wrong with the system. It is an error in the database that is used to compare the permissions to.
Apple changed the file location of the library and linked to it in the old location so everything could find it. However, they didn't update the permissions database to reflect the change. So, it will keep appearing until Apple fixes the database in a future update. There is nothing you can do to “fix” the “problems” because there is no problem to fix. As far as the permissions database knows, that is supposed to be the actual file, not a link to the file (the l in lrwxr-xr-x). If Apple updates something but doesn’t update the repair permissions database to reflect the change, it will post the note you see (or something similar). Even though it says “repaired,” it isn’t because it can’t be. There is nothing wrong; it’s just different. Apple will eventually get around to updating the database. Cheers, Ronni On 23/01/2011, at 5:54 PM, Ashley Mulder wrote: > > Ive noticed the same thing with mine > > nothing has gone awry that ive noticed so im not totally concerned > On 23/01/2011, at 4:01 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> Hi Joe, >> >> Note that they begin with "User differs" or "Permissions differ." >> These are simply alert messages. Same with those containing SUID. Ignore >> them. >> >> These errors are from the latest Java update. >> They are not actually errors; it's just the Permissions database hasn't been >> updated for the OS yet. >> And you can disregard any that begin with l, as in should be lrwxr-xr-x , >> they are lrw-r--r-- >> >> Generally, as long as you get the message "Permissions repair complete" you >> are fine. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >> >> OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> >> >> On 23/01/2011, at 3:40 PM, Alexander Hartner wrote: >> >>> >>> Could you post details of the files? What Java applications are you using? >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On 23/01/2011, at 14:22, Joseph Mastrella <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings! Since up dating to 10.6.6 I have to repair permissions a couple >>>> of times a week. The repair takes about 5 to 6 minutes. >>>> It is always the same line items that need to be repaired. They are Java >>>> VM, Java Virtual Machine and Java Framework items. >>>> Is this normal for the 10.6.6 os? Is there a java patch that needs to be >>>> installed? Do I need to disable something? >>>> Any help would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Cheers, Joe >>> >>> -- 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]>
