[Ti] File Permissions, etc

[Michael Bigley]

>*I* could but I am not there physically to do it and not sure I want 
>him to do it as a rank newbie. One false move and you know the rest 
>of the story........

If he is not behind a firewall... you may do an ssh session from 
terminal into his computer; from your terminal:

ssh -l <someuserwithadmin> his.ip.add.ress
you will be prompted for users password if the connection is 
successful.  Then you can run those commands on his computer.

>
>>keep repeating that until it doesn't repair anything.  Then restart 
>>the computer.  It fixes many things.  If his Disk Utility app has 
>>"disappeared" there may be other things amiss that repairing 
>>permissions won't help at all.
>
>
>
>I think he is the only account/user.
>How about updating to 10.2.8 again? I think he got the first one 
>that was pulled......

yes, that would be a good idea before you try any fancy remote stuff.
-- 
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Mike Bigley                Maineville, Ohio
       http://www.norbertrunning.com
Please support an American Indian Elder &
Medicine Man by visiting the above link.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>