[fuddman]

hello, whenever I run Verify/Repair Permissions I would get the same results as this:

Verify permissions for “computer”
Determining correct file permissions.
Permissions differ on ./usr/bin/gnutar, should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are -r-xr-xr-x
Permissions differ on ./usr/share/man/man1/bash.1, should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -r--r--r--
Permissions differ on ./usr/share/man/man1/gnutar.1, should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -r--r--r--
Permissions differ on ./usr/share/man/man1/less.1, should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -r--r--r--
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume

I was wondering if anyone know what this mean or if this would be a problem in the future for me.. I'm runnng on a Al'15 1.25 Panther.

[fizzlemynizzle]

Originally posted by fuddman:
hello, whenever I run Verify/Repair Permissions I would get the same results as this:

Verify permissions for “computer”
Determining correct file permissions.
Permissions differ on ./usr/bin/gnutar, should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are -r-xr-xr-x
Permissions differ on ./usr/share/man/man1/bash.1, should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -r--r--r--
Permissions differ on ./usr/share/man/man1/gnutar.1, should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -r--r--r--
Permissions differ on ./usr/share/man/man1/less.1, should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -r--r--r--
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume

I was wondering if anyone know what this mean or if this would be a problem in the future for me.. I'm runnng on a Al'15 1.25 Panther.

my unix is rusty but here goes.. /usr/bin/gnutar is a binary executable, there is no need for it to be writable. hence the removal of the w permission

the other files are man pages (help files) and the suggestion is they should be writable instead of read only across the board.. i assume for the purpose of updating them if needed.

these appear to be inconsequential. in fact i just checked /usr/bin/gnutar on my own machine and it's rwx as well.