[darrick]

when i have repaired permissions since installing 10.3.4 (and continuing now after 10.3.5), i get this message in the disk utilities window as it repairs:

"We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./System/Library/Filesystems/cd9660.fs/cd9660.util."

when i asked the genius at the local apple store, he said it was just a standard message.

he also said that he did not recommend repairing permissions unless there was a problem.

(i do it after installing system updates and then about once a week).

does anyone have a different opinion? that "we are using..." message just looks odd to me.

thanks,

[gorickey]

He was right, it's totally standard...everybody gets it...

[darrick]

thanks; i'm feeling more comfortable. not that i was freaking; it just seemed odd to see that "we are..."

i don't think i've seen that sort of phrasing anywhere else in an alert. to me, it sounds like 'they' are patching a mistake or something.

again, thanks.

[Maelman]

I think it's just Apple telling you that they are using different permissions for the specified file or directory than one would see in an exclusively UNIX system.

[Angus_D]

"We are" is actually not that uncommon. Remember the old-style kernel panic screen? "We are hanging here..."

It's a case of programmers inserting more "human" messages for debugging purposes, I guess. I doubt marketing would approve