On Aug 11, 2004, at 2:23 PM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
Yeah, I don't know why they get mixed up either, given that OS X is so super-stable and all, but it seems they do.
See "Tutorial: Permissions, Accounts, and File Organization" <http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20040107175410865>
I read it, but it stops exactly where my knowledge does; as I mentioned, I know about Unix permissions, but I never had to repair them in any Unix/Linux/BSD machines I've been working on. I am still curious as to why you have to do it on Mac OS X.
I'm not sure,. but I suspect it's got something to do with the installer programs and the way apple does updates. no .configure, make, make install kind of deal as on other unices; they delete and install large swaths of binaries.
I know this doesn't explain why they get mangled, just that they do.
As I said, I've yet to come across a problem that fixing permissions actually fixed in 10.2 or 10.3. (In 10.1, yes. Stuff could get royally screwed up.)
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