Mac OS X 10.2: Repair Disk Permissions Finds Issue With /private/var/db/netinfo/local.nidb/

Disk Utility Repair Disk Permissions may erroneously report an issue with /private/var/db/netinfo/local.nidb/ while started up from a Mac OS X Install CD. The issue does not occur when started up from the Mac OS X volume.

Symptom

Disk Utility Repair Disk Permissions, when started up from your Mac OS X Install CD, may erroneously report an issue with /private/var/db/netinfo/local.nidb/* . For example:

Note: The text that appears after "local/nidb" varies, but may include "/Store.288" or "/Clean".

Solution

The message is not accurate but is not a cause for concern.