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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 03:00 AM
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I have learned a new mac commandment
"Thou shalt not fuck with thy terminal unless thou knowest what thou art doing"

:D

nothing major, but it took me awhile to fix what i had screwed up
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mrbassman03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 09:52 PM
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1. What'd you do???
???
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 10:43 PM
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2. basically
i somehow screwed up permissions so that i, the admin, couldnt alter or move files. It wasn't a big deal, i finally fixed it by deleting my .profile file (don't ask me how THAT worked)
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 11:42 PM
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3. Welcome to the world of UNIX. Glad you didn't FUBAR
the install.

It didn't kill you, it made you stronger.


Run Repair Permissions when you get a chance.
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progressiveBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 01:34 PM
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4. And try out Onyx
Nice little free app that runs your maintenance scripts.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-13-05 05:29 PM
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5. I got it and use it.
The first time I used it it cleared up about a gig of space.
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