[CUBE] OSX update failed

atoa at krak.net atoa at krak.net
Fri Jun 4 19:03:29 PDT 2004


In terminal, cd /private/tmp/501
If ls -al doesn't show you as the owner of TemporaryItems, with 
permissions of drwxr-xr-x, it is time for you to repair permissions.

If it does, I'd try the download again.
If it still doesn't work, download the updater directly and run it.


On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Ken Johnson wrote:

> While attempting to update the OS to 10.3.4, I got an error message that the 
> download didn't verify correctly.  Then,  a screen that says:
>
> Make sure you have permission for 
> /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate
>
> I can't even find it, let alone verify permissions on it.  Any ideas?
>
>
> Ken
>
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