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Re: Repair Disk Permissions

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On 2014-03-31, Howard <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2014-03-31, Howard <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
>> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> 
>> >> Disk Utility's Repair Permissions function isn't as magical a tool as a
>> >> lot of people seem to assume. 
>> >
>> > Interesting post. Thanks Jolly.   Is there a 3rd party tool that does a
>> > good job on this issue ?
>> 
>> Which issue? Repairing permissions? Apple's tool does well enough with
>> that (design flaws withstanding). Or are you referring to some other
>> issue related to permissions?
>
> No I guess I am just thinking about how often people or software has
> advised to repair the permissions on my HD ... so I thought if Apple's
> app doesn't do a great job then maybe there's a 3rd party app for it.
>
> I really have no idea what causes the 'problems', if anything :D and
> 'nospam' has pointed out that there is no such problem .... 

The flaw in Disk Utility's Repair Permissions facility I outlined
doesn't mean the facility doesn't work - it does work. It just means
that under one specific circumstance (when more than one receipt's build
of materials (BOM) mentions the same file), the tool may not behave as
expected. In this case, the tool does correctly set the specified file's
permissions according to the receipt BOM that mentioned the file. But
since there are multiple receipts referencing that file (possibly with
differing permissions specified in the BOM), which of those receipts are
honored, and in what order, are unknown.

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JR

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Repair Disk Permissions jgras1970@gmail.com - 2014-03-30 11:07 -0700
  Re: Repair Disk Permissions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-30 19:08 +0000
    Re: Repair Disk Permissions Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-31 17:38 +0100
      Re: Repair Disk Permissions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-31 13:40 -0400
      Re: Repair Disk Permissions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-31 17:41 +0000
        Re: Repair Disk Permissions Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-31 21:58 +0100
          Re: Repair Disk Permissions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-31 17:36 -0400
          Re: Repair Disk Permissions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-31 22:44 +0000
          Re: Repair Disk Permissions Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-31 23:21 +0000
  Re: Repair Disk Permissions Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2014-04-02 02:47 -0700
    Re: Repair Disk Permissions M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2014-04-02 08:47 -0400
      Re: Repair Disk Permissions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-02 09:17 -0400
    Re: Repair Disk Permissions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-02 09:17 -0400
    Re: Repair Disk Permissions Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-04-02 06:37 -0700
    Re: Repair Disk Permissions Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-02 14:16 +0000
    Re: Repair Disk Permissions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-02 16:28 +0000

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