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How Disk Utility repair perms works..
Authored by: cynikal on Jun 11, '04 05:09:59PM

In case you are wondering, or if it stops working and you're wondering why..

All it does basically is look through your /Library/Receipts, which keeps a list of all installed packages (including the packages such as BaseSystem that are on the installation CD), and what files were installed (along with their permissions).

The reason I know this is because a friend of mine erased his /Library/Receipts cuz he thought he didn't need it, and lo and behold, this Disk Utility repair permissions stopped working (and no, i am not my own friend).



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