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HouseSold · Aug 11, 2006, 04:44 PM

We were emailed about the Universal version of Flash released ( http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/downl...hockwaveFlash) and proceeded to install. As usual, we run permissions before and after most installations. This time we got the following, after installing:

Repairing permissions for “MacBook”
Determining correct file permissions.
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc, should be 0, owner is 501
Permissions differ on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc, should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin

Permissions repair complete
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume

Why and what does it mean? Is it a concern?

Macola · Aug 11, 2006, 05:19 PM

This is normal for Macromedia/Adobe. It installs a bunch of stuff in the Library folder, which theoretically belongs to the system (0), but were installed as you (501). Repair permissions has fixed that by changing the ownership back to system.

HouseSold · Aug 11, 2006, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by Macola

This is normal for Macromedia/Adobe. It installs a bunch of stuff in the Library folder, which theoretically belongs to the system (0), but were installed as you (501). Repair permissions has fixed that by changing the ownership back to system.

Thanks for the explanation; I always wonder when permissions are good, one pass and then changing before your eyes, so to speak.