SHOULD I BE WORRIED ???

[sean@ahadesign]

A few minutes ago, I decided to run my iMac (10.6.8) through Disk Utilities. It was a little slow on the internet.

In the Verify Disk Permissions section, one line of the report read

Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not be repaired.

Should I be worried ? It was the remote management part that got me thinking.

Any advice greatly appreciated .

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

Personally you can ignore these messages, also you can usually ignore any ACL found but not expected type message.

These messages can occur if you change permissions on a file or directory for example they are correct in there info but generally not a cause for concern.
Have a look here
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1448

 

[sean@ahadesign]

Thanks very much Oldscribe. I'm not very computer savvy and thought I'd just check.

 

[Cory Cooper]

In addition, when Apple updates the OS, they sometimes change permissions on some system files and don't update the lookup table that Disk Utility verifies permissions against.

Like oldscribe stated, no worries.

C

 

[sean@ahadesign]

Great, thank you. This site is very helpful.

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

Your most welcome.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Yes...that's why we are here!
C