From: Frank on
macmini with OS-X v 10.4

Is it possible to reinstall the network utility without reinstalling
the entire operating system?
From: David Empson on
Frank <gno52(a)windstream.net> wrote:

> macmini with OS-X v 10.4
>
> Is it possible to reinstall the network utility without reinstalling
> the entire operating system?

Not easily.

One way to do it would be to purchase the shareware utility Pacifist,
which allows you to install individual files out of installation
packages.

You would need to reinstall Network Utility using the 10.4 install DVD
for your computer (the one you used to install 10.4 on it in the first
place, or the original DVD which came with the computer if it was
supplied with some version of 10.4).

Afterwards, you would need to reinstall the 10.4.11 Combo Update, then
the final security update for 10.4.11.


If you have a spare hard drive, or another computer running 10.4.11, an
easier method would be to copy Network Utility from another installed
system, then use Repair Permissions in Disk Utility to fix its
permissions.

--
David Empson
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Barry Margolin on
In article <vilain-4AF98F.11090301042010(a)news.individual.net>,
Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> In article
> <80c9d347-d9a7-4c9a-b8b1-1e57577f2298(a)n13g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
> Frank <gno52(a)windstream.net> wrote:
>
> > macmini with OS-X v 10.4
> >
> > Is it possible to reinstall the network utility without reinstalling
> > the entire operating system?
>
> what network utility. There's lots.

Presumably he means /Applications/Utilities/Network Utility.app.

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Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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