To fix an unrelated problem, I set up a new identity under OSX and migrated
preferences etc., making sure to change permissions where necessary.
Entourage still says it has a problem opening its Preferences, and various
password related issues don't work when I try to send/receive mail from some
accounts. Any suggestions. Is there a preferences file I can't find?
First, when you are testing, don't copy over preferences. I know it's a pain
to recreate an account for testing, but for a true test this has to be
clean.
Have you run Repair Permissions? I believe you would need to do this for
each user.
Run Repair Permissions after any software update from Apple and for other
software updates.
To use: open Disk Utility in your Applications/Utility folder.
Click on the First Aid tab and select Repair Permissions
Click on the icon for your boot volume.
Click the repair permissions button.
Don't run from CD as updates have a newer version of Repair Permissions.
Run Repair Permissions from the volume being repaired. Disk Utility uses
receipt files from the disk on which it is running (not necessarily the same
as the disk it is "repairing") in order to set the "correct" permissions. If
you run Disk Utility from a CD, it will use the receipt files on the CD (if
any) to determine what the "correct" permissions should be. This could mean
incorrect "repairs."
In short: Disk First Aid should always be run from CD (or by using fsck at
startup in single-user mode), whereas Repair Permissions should always be
run from the volume being repaired. The exception to the latter being if a
permissions problem is preventing startup. In that case, boot off of the CD
and run Repair Permissions, but if doing so, allows you to boot up again,
make sure you re-run Repair Permissions from your OS X volume afterwards.
