Lion problem report and fix

Shao Sean shaosean at wehostmacs.com
Fri Jul 22 01:13:58 EDT 2011


Here is the info from Apple in regards to the changes talked about in  
this thread..


Folder Permissions and Ownership

A number of folders in the System and Local file system domains now  
have different ownership and permissions. Specifically:
• Many folders in the System domain that were previously owned by the  
admin group are now owned by the wheelgroup.
• Permissions for the root directory (/) are now mode 755 (writable  
only by root) instead of mode 775 (writable by the admin group).
• Permissions for /Applications/Utilities are now mode 755 (writable  
only by root) instead of mode 775 (writable by the admin group).
• Permissions for /Library are now mode 755 (writable only by root)  
instead of mode 775 (writable by the admin group), no longer sticky.  
All subdirectories within /Library now have mode 755 (writable only by  
root) permissions instead of mode 775 (writable by the admin group)  
except:
	• /Library/Caches
	• /Library/Fonts
	• /Library/Java
	• /Library/QuickTimeStreaming
	• /Library/Receipts
	• /Library/Tomcat
The subdirectories listed above have the same permissions as in  
previous versions of Mac OS X (usually mode 775, sometimes with the  
sticky bit set).
• Permissions for /Network/Applications and /Network/Library are now  
mode 555 (unwritable even by root) instead of mode 755 (writable only  
by root).
• Permissions for /var/log/DiagnosticMessages are slightly more lax,  
with mode 770 (writable by the admin group, unreadable by non-admin  
users) instead of mode 750 (writable only by root, unreadable by non- 
admin users).



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