On 5/7/03, "Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)" <Wayne.Wilkin at Staples.com> wrote: > > Listen, do whatever you guys want. All is I am saying is that no one can > find anywhere on Apples site where it says that it is ok to repair > permissions on the boot drive while booted from that same drive. Now before > you say anything I also know that you can't find any documentation that > recommends what I am saying either. > Really? This Apple document <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106712> (which, IMHO, assumes Apple's standard setup for their machines; i.e., a single startup volume) implies that repairing permissions from the startup volume/drive/partition is the preferred method: "For Mac OS X 10.2 or later, open Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities/). Select your Mac OS X startup volume in the left-hand column of the Disk Utility window, then click the First Aid tab. Click the Repair Disk Permissions button. "