> It is doubtful it would have ever occurred to me to run Permission Repair if I hadn't been prompted by this thread.

I'm surprised that nobody has referenced this MacFixIt article and the Apple Discussions thread to which it links.

The issue appears to be more complicated that has been reported here.

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