[X4U] Repairing permissions

[John Baltutis]

On 03/25/05, FC Farwell <frankfarwell at mac.com> wrote:


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> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 07:13:42 -0600
> From: FC Farwell <frankfarwell at mac.com>
> Subject: [X4U] Repairing permissions
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> I have a friends G4 cube who when we repair permissions from the admin
> account. one of the users accounts permissions is messed up and causes
> problems. Ive verified that this users permissions are different then
> the rest starting with their main folders - Desktop, Documents Library
> and so forth). But repairing permissions does not fix them for the
> user. What do I do?

Permissions repair doesn't correct user permissions. Get Preferential
Treatment and check that user's preferences. If that doesn't fix things,
then create a new user account, reset the prefs, and scrap the recalcitrant
one.