That sounds very dodgy. Time Machine, as you noted, records ownerships and permissions in the filesystem, so at the very least you now have a damaged file history, and possibly have a damaged current backup where filesystem changes you made have not been accounted for. Erase the backup target, is my recommendation.
Having said this, your assessment of the likely consequences is about right. If all you wanted was file recovery, then you might fare just fine with the backup in its current state. But it still makes me a bit uncomfortable thinking about it. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
