[iBook] Is this a crash?

[David M. Converse]

On Dec 13, 2004, at 11:54 AM, 
ibook-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:

> Repair permissions fairly often, particularly when you install stuff.
> When doing a system update, repair permissions before and after
> installing.

The "Repair Permissions" procedure has become kind of folklore, just as 
rebuilding the desktop was in Mac OS. Unfortunately, it's not as useful 
or necessary as many people seem to think. Repairing permissions is 
ONLY a problem if specific files cannot be accessed as a specific user. 
Unless there are specific issues where some of the OS isn't working, 
don't bother as its a waste of time and can actually cause problems if 
you have a customized System configuration. OS X has very good disk 
integrity and permissions don't just "go bad" and cause things to fail.

What the grandfather post was enquiring about was an application crash 
where the login window process also crashed. When login window crashes, 
the user is dumped back to the login screen (or possibly to a blue 
screen) and all the user's programs are immediately quit. If it 
continues to happen, you'll want to troubleshoot- otherwise, don't 
worry too much about it.

    DMC

David M. Converse
www.lumigraphics.com