Ignore System Profiler "incorrect permissions"?

mcsjgsmcsjgs
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I just installed a new scanner driver in 10.3.5. When I looked at System Profiler's Software/Extensions section, I got this:

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hpPlugInInit:



VersionthpScannerUSB version 1.0.0d1

Last Modifiedt9/9/04 1:08 PM

Get Info StringthpScannerUSB version 1.0.0d1, Copyright 2000 Hewlett-Packard Company.

Locationt/System/Library/Extensions/hpPlugInInit.kext

kext Versiont1.0.0d1

LoadedtNo

ValidtYes

AuthentictNo

Authentication ErrorstFile owner/permissions are incorrect

DependenciestSatisfied

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I had already repaired permissions before and after installation with Disk Utility and got no messages except for the DVD file which always comes up. I assume I can safely ignore the System Profiler message. Any ideas why this would occur?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Repair Permissions scans the BOM archives of installed packages in /Library/Receipts to generate the correct permissions for each file.



    If there isn't an appropriate entry in there for that file, it won't know if/how to fix it.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    mcsjgsmcsjgs Posts: 244member
    Unfortunately HP uses Vise installers, not pkg files. Perhaps this is the reason.



    Edited: There is no receipt in the Library/Receipts folder
  • Reply 3 of 3
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Yup, that'd do it.



    HP screwed up the permissions in the original file jammed into the installer, and there's no easy way to know what they should be, so they can't get fixed by Disk Utility.
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