disk-utilitymacossingle-user
From single-user mode in OS X 10.5, I want to run
diskutil repairPermissions /
but I get an error:
Unable to run because unable to use the DiskManagement framework
...
Is there a way to load the DiskManagement framework or otherwise repair permissions in single user mode?
This is going to be your experience with Single User mode until Apple rewrites the underlying code to allow it to understand what retina is.
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Yes, files flagged as executable will still be executable under Single User Mode.
opendirectoryd is just for handling logins/authentication and using root doesn't require that, and you don't need to launch it if you just intend to manage files.
Best Answer
The Disk Utility Repair Permissions command is just a front end for the repair_packages program.
Use this:
Suggestion: run
/sbin/mount -uw /prior to running the above command. Sometimes the disc may be mounted as read only and the command above will not work until you mount it with write permissions. You will be then able to successfully restore file permissions using the command after mounting the disk as writeable. The command ran for over two hours.