Updated things today.
Still on Leopard but moving towards Snow-L ... my pace is not yours.
Following same, ran disk utility; seems that permissions do get bollixed on these occasions.
So then, what means: ... has been modified and will not be repaired ??
I note that most of those left unrepaired appear to be 'security' related, though my OS X / *nix knowledge remains solidly near the tyro bracket. As, below list after Update.
And *who* did the modifying -- when and why, let alone how. Well, approximately..
I gather that the 'l' is a sym-link; need I wonder how such came to be converted?
It seems that Apple periodically creates "special cases" and advises folks not-to-worry
(though that quip was from '06 at macintouch.)
Repairing permissions for ÂiMac HDÂ
Reading permissions database.
Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/AirPort Base Station Agent.app/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are lrw-rw-r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/DVD.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSettings.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSources.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Movies.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Music.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Photos.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Podcasts.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/TV.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Versions/A/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/Filesystems/AppleShare/afpLoad" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DiskManagementTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "sbin/umount" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "bin/rcp" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Warning: SUID file "usr/bin/quota" C
Warning: SUID file "usr/bin/rlogin" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "usr/bin/rsh" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/Extensions/webdav_fs.kext/Contents/Resources/load_webdav" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "usr/sbin/pppd" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "usr/sbin/vpnd" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions repair complete
(I am not using sharing, nor is there a network of any sort attached.)
So I looked:
http://archive.macfi...p/topics/470096/3
No one noted a "will not be repaired" message, unless I missed it.
So then, I should not worry pretty-little head, as Apple says:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448
But their examples range across a lot of apps; mine seem to be only SUID-related.
Coincidence or worthy of investigation of {ugh} pwn-ership??
Then there's the New Safari (seems even faster..) this weird Time Machine-like bookmark display.. has possibilities.
Have I mentioned how bitchin this iMac has been since 1-29ish 09?
I've mainly eschewed thumbing the Missing Manual and just stumbled across most of the features; so much fun being able to trust the guts to be as unRedmondlike as you'd want a sane OS to be!
re Snow Leopard -- I'd expect that it will maintain all settings during upgrade and seamlessly present its new face ... but what about Time Machine, the data stored in Leopard, then Snow-L:
Say the HD self-destructs -- is there reason to suppose that the reinstall of Snow-L and the Restore via TM: will still automagically work with no human interdiction?
Any illumination welcome.
Ed: PS -- I don't see the Refresh button available on Customize Tool Bar ... what, gots to go to address field and hit Return, now?
(That also means no STOP button!? Dumb It, or Dumb moi ... if it's hidden somewhere new. Sheesh.)