[OS X TeX] file permissions

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 30.04.2010 um 10:04 schrieb Daniel Becker:

> what are the correct permissions for /usr/ and /usr/bin/ ?

pete 494 /\ ls -ld /usr /usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x  11 root  wheel    408  1 Apr 22:15 /usr
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel  31042  1 Apr 22:14 /usr/bin


> I used chmod -R 755 usr to fix a ruby complaint about a world  
> writable directory in the search path and now updating MacTeX via  
> TeX Live Utility doesn't work anymore.


You don't own the directories and the files and subdirectories in  
them. And you *better* do not change permissions like a bloody  
beginner with 'chmod -R 755.' (Of course, if you need some practise in  
installing Mac OS X just run 'sudo chmod -R 755!') The proper tool is  
Disk Utility (Festplatten-Dienstprogramm). If Ruby doesn't like the  
correct permissions it reestablishes, then remove it!

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Mit friedvollen Grüßen

   Pete

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