[G4] Repair permissions documentation: was 10.2.5

[Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)]

 Let me be the first to say that I am glad someone, (John) came across this.
I was really not trying to start an argument about this, as a matter of fact
I am glad that there is something on this subject. Kudo's John. I actually
can't wait to send this to the apple engineer to see what he has to say.
Thanks for everyone's input, Wayne.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Baltutis
To: Power Macintosh G4 List
Sent: 5/7/03 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [G4] Repair permissions documentation: was 10.2.5

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. "

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