I think it is worthwhile to understand SUID as this is a file that circumvents standard UNIX user protections.
A SUID file will run as the user that owns the file rather then running as the user that started the program running. There are several programs that need to be SUID so that they can have administrative powers on your computer, but any SUID that is not expected should be tracked down to its origin to make sure you do not have a piece of malware on your computer. Especially if the owner of the SUID file is "root" I am fairly confident this is just a incorrectly registered file that the Macintosh Operating system uses if you enable remote control of your Macintosh in the system preferences. I believe one of the Security updates that has come out this year changed permissions on this file. Are your software updates up to date? Jonathan On Jun 21, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Kari, > I'm not one hundred percent positive about what this message means, so am > open to correction. I believe there's nothing to worry about, however. The > message concerns a system file which you never modified yourself, which Apple > probably modified in a software update. An SUID file is a concept from Unix, > which is a bit difficult to explain. The permission "error" on it is nothing > to be worried about. If I'm wrong, someone will surely let us know. > Best, > Zack. > On Jun 21, 2011, at 4:52 AM, johns.kary wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> I did a repair disk permissions tonight, because I haven't done one for a >> while, and my MBP has been running quite hot all day. In the list of >> repairs I got the message. >> >> warning: SUID file system library >> /CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDA/Agent" has >> been modified and will not be repaired. >> The repair finished with no problems, and my mac doesn't seam to be running >> as hot, the fan hasn't kicked in for a while now. But does anyone no what >> this message means? >> Thanks Kari. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
