Question:
I was using Disk Utility to do a \”Verify Permission\” and I got the following message:
Warning: SUID file \”System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent\” has been modified and will not be repaired.
It\’s a known issue, and actually a bogus message.
It has been around since Mac OS X 10.5, and while it has changed for Mac OS X 10.6, the issue still arises…
\”You can safely ignore this message. It is accurate, but not a cause for concern.\” (Apple Support 2007-11-06 — Document No. 306925)
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448
Warning: SUID file \”System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent\” has been modified and will not be repaired.
Resolution You can safely ignore these messages. You can also usually ignore any \”ACL found but not expected…\” message. These messages can occur if you change permissions on a file or directory. These messages are accurate but are generally not a cause for concern.
The Apple note at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306925 says these messages can be safely ignored but that they are legitimate. It says “These messages can occur if you change permissions on a file or directory”
We obsessive-compulsive types want to know
1. Who changed them?
2. Can we fix this so we don’t have to spend time googling for articles like this one?
They could of been changed by a software installer, for example, some of the earlier Adobe products were known for having installer permissions issues… But there is no guaranteed way to prevent these messages.
Just as some of these messages are really are not issues to be concerned with….
But I am unaware of a way to resolve this, to “Prevent you from having to google for articles like this”.. Sorry, but unless your system is read-only, this can happen.
In fact, in 10.5, one of Apple’s updates actually caused Repair permissions to become significantly slower, and caused some of the permissions messages for 10.5….
I don’t have the magic bullet for this one…