Repair permissions oddity

[nelly22]

I have 10.12.1 and TechTool Pro 9.0.2 and InsanelyRepairPermission 1.2. SIP is OFF.

If i repair permissions with InsanelyRepairPermission -rt it repairs few things.

If i run it again, it says all is ok already.

Then i repair permissions with TTP and it finds tons of things it fixes.

If i run it again, it says all is ok already except "private/etc/hosts" which it fixes every time. Hosts file permissions are: Me=custom, system=r&w, wheel=ro, everyone=ro. I use Gas Mask.

If i then run InsanelyRepairPermission, it finds tons of things it fixes.

If i run it again, it says all is ok already.

Then i repair permissions with TTP and it finds tons of things it fixes.

So i think if TTP repairs some permissions, InsanelyRepairPermission wants to re-fix those for some reason. And vice versa.

Repaired files are this type of files:
Permission for file:/System/Library/Extensions/acfsctl.kext/Contents/MacOS/acfsctl fixed.
Permission for file:/System/Library/Extensions/ALF.kext/Contents/MacOS/ALF fixed.
Permission for file:/System/Library/Extensions/AMD2400Controller.kext/Contents/MacOS/AMD2400Controller fixed.

 

[simon lefisch]

Why not use the native command:

sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --repair --standard-pkgs --volume /

Edit: forgot this was the Sierra forum. Not sure if that command will work (I'm still on El Capitan) but you can try it.