On Mar 23, 2004, at 5:43 AM, Ken Shmidheiser wrote:

> It also amazes
> me that file permissions can become so easily corrupted, witness the
> fundamental need to repair them as a part of any upgrade or as part
> of routine maintenance with Disk Utility.

Why Apple has not addressed this in some way mystifies me. To have to 
constantly repair something that breaks for no (apparently)  
preventable reason is surely a major issue.