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How do disk permissions fall into a state of disrepair?
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Mar 15, 20262103 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I used OSX's Disk Utility to Verify Disk Permissions and found a lot of system files had incorrect permissions. I'd say all of them were more open, allowing others to read or write. Also, many had the wrong group assigned. How does this happen?
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My first guess would be: In most cases it's just lack of care from the programmer's side. Either because they are not thinking about it in the first place, or if something doesn't work, they might try to broaden permissions, even if it doesn't help.…
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