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please help really worried about this

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flimzy

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Apr 16, 2013
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So basically i was trying to restore the default settings for Utorrent. i'll tell you its been a real mess for me. First i tried going into library. I looked everywhere for a utorrent folder. Application support, preferences ect… Needless to say i found nothing. And i can't even remember if i deleted anything vidal in the library section which worries me. Also, i opened package contents in the actual uTorrent application and i found nothing that pertained to settings. Again, with my terrible memory, i hope i didn't delete anything vital in there. Finally i tried terminal, and i looked for the settings.dat file. This is what came up:




Last login: Sat Mar 22 23:33:37 on ttys000
Users-Mac-mini:~ user$ find / -name "settings.dat"
find: /.DocumentRevisions-V100: Permission denied
find: /.fseventsd: Permission denied
find: /.Spotlight-V100: Permission denied
find: /.Trashes: Permission denied
find / -name "settings.dat"
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
find: /Library/Application Support/Apple/ParentalControls/Users: Permission denied
find: /Library/Caches/com.apple.Spotlight/schema.501.plist: Permission denied
find: /Library/Caches/com.apple.Spotlight/schema.89.plist: Permission denied
find: /Library/Caches/com.apple.Spotlight: Permission denied
dfind: /private/etc/cups/certs: Permission denied
ifind: /private/etc/raddb/certs: Permission denied
find: /private/etc/raddb/modules: Permission denied
find: /private/etc/raddb/sites-available: Permission denied
find: /private/etc/raddb/sites-enabled: Permission denied
find: /private/etc/raddb/sql: Permission denied
find: /private/tmp/launchd-1434.OgViO0: Permission denied
find: /private/var/agentx: Permission denied
find: /private/var/at/tabs: Permission denied
find: /private/var/at/tmp: Permission denied
find: /private/var/audit: Permission denied
find: /private/var/backups: Permission denied
nfind: /private/var/db/ConfigurationProfiles/Setup: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/dhcpclient: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default: Permission denied
^R
find / -name "settings.dat"
difind: /private/var/db/geod: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/krb5kdc: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.0: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.1: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.200: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.202: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.212: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.26: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.88: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.89: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.92: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.97: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/locationd: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/shadow: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/Spotlight: Permission denied
^R
find / -name "settings.dat"
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/0/com.apple.revisiond.temp: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n000003000000r/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n000003800000t/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000084000021/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000084000021/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n000008w000027/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n000008w000027/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b000002r/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b000002r/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b400002s/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b400002s/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000bh00002w/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000bh00002w/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000c4000031/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s0000068/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s0000068/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s800006_/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s800006_/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000sm00006d/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000sm00006d/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000t800006k/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000th00006m/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000th00006m/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000tm00006n/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000vr00006y/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000vr00006y/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/jabberd: Permission denied
find: /private/var/lib/postfix: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.0: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.1: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.200: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.202: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.212: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.26: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.88: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.89: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.92: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.97: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/krb5kdc: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/radius: Permission denied
find: /private/var/pgsql_socket_alt: Permission denied
find: /private/var/root: Permission denied
find: /private/var/run/mds: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/cups: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/fax: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/mqueue: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/active: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/bounce: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/corrupt: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/defer: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/deferred: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/flush: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/hold: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/incoming: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/maildrop: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/private: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/public: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/saved: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/trace: Permission denied
find: /private/var/tmp/launchd: Permission denied
find: /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.coresymbolicationd: Permission denied

find: /System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB/Default: Permission denied
find: /System/Library/User Template: Permission denied
/Users/user/Library/Application Support/uTorrent/settings.dat
find: /usr/sbin/authserver: Permission denied
Users-Mac-mini:~ user$ find / -name "settings.dat"
find: /.DocumentRevisions-V100: Permission denied
find: /.fseventsd: Permission denied
find: /.Spotlight-V100: Permission denied
find: /.Trashes: Permission denied
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
find: /Library/Application Support/Apple/ParentalControls/Users: Permission denied
find: /Library/Caches/com.apple.Spotlight/schema.501.plist: Permission denied
find: /Library/Caches/com.apple.Spotlight/schema.89.plist: Permission denied
find: /Library/Caches/com.apple.Spotlight: Permission denied
find: /private/etc/cups/certs: Permission denied
find: /private/etc/raddb/certs: Permission denied
find: /private/etc/raddb/modules: Permission denied
find: /private/etc/raddb/sites-available: Permission denied
find: /private/etc/raddb/sites-enabled: Permission denied
find: /private/etc/raddb/sql: Permission denied
find: /private/tmp/launchd-1434.OgViO0: Permission denied
find: /private/var/agentx: Permission denied
find: /private/var/at/tabs: Permission denied
find: /private/var/at/tmp: Permission denied
find: /private/var/audit: Permission denied
find: /private/var/backups: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/ConfigurationProfiles/Setup: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/dhcpclient: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/geod: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/krb5kdc: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.0: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.1: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.200: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.202: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.212: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.26: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.88: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.89: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.92: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.97: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/locationd: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/shadow: Permission denied
find: /private/var/db/Spotlight: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/0/com.apple.revisiond.temp: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n000003000000r/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n000003800000t/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000084000021/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000084000021/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n000008w000027/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n000008w000027/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b000002r/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b000002r/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b400002s/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b400002s/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000bh00002w/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000bh00002w/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000c4000031/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s0000068/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s0000068/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s800006_/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s800006_/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000sm00006d/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000sm00006d/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000t800006k/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000th00006m/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000th00006m/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000tm00006n/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000vr00006y/C: Permission denied
find: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000vr00006y/T: Permission denied
find: /private/var/jabberd: Permission denied
find: /private/var/lib/postfix: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.0: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.1: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.200: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.202: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.212: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.26: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.88: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.89: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.92: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/com.apple.launchd.peruser.97: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/krb5kdc: Permission denied
find: /private/var/log/radius: Permission denied
find: /private/var/pgsql_socket_alt: Permission denied
find: /private/var/root: Permission denied
find: /private/var/run/mds: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/cups: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/fax: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/mqueue: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/active: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/bounce: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/corrupt: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/defer: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/deferred: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/flush: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/hold: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/incoming: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/maildrop: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/private: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/public: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/saved: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/trace: Permission denied
find: /private/var/tmp/launchd: Permission denied


The list kept growing every time i minimized terminal and went back to it. What is this? am i breaking my mac by doing all these things. Im sorry for the long post but can someone explain to me what i did, and if what I'm doing is causing me to harm my mac or cause problems with Utorrent?
 
flimzy said:
.... What is this? am i breaking my mac by doing all these things. Im sorry for the long post but can someone explain to me what i did, and if what I'm doing is causing me to harm my mac or cause problems with Utorrent?
Click to expand...

The error means exactly what it says. Your account does not have permission to search the directories. No big deal. DO an 'su" to the user who owned thoe directories or if it's root use sudo

But the file is in ~/Library/Application\ Support/uTorrent/
(don't leave off the Tilda ~)
 
ChrisA said:
The error means exactly what it says. Your account does not have permission to search the directories. No big deal. DO an 'su" to the user who owned thoe directories or if it's root use sudo

But the file is in ~/Library/Application\ Support/uTorrent/
(don't leave off the Tilda ~)
Click to expand...


Thanks so much. And as you can see I provided alot of directories. Do any of them expose my privacy or jeopardize my computer by showing them on the internet? And finally,
If I deleted any files in library - application support OR library - preferences will that ruin my mac or cause my Utorrent to fail or expose me to security attacks from others using Utorrent. Thanks for your help it's appreciated .
 
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