[mikewest]

download BusyBox Installer from the market, use it to install BusyBox 1.18...

download RomManager, tell it to install recovery, then tell it to instal alternate recovery...

You can then click FIX PERMISSIONS in Rom Manager...

You can now also boot into recovery (hold down the DOWN arrow as you turn on phone), select recovery, then choose OTHERS, then FIX UIK

there are two alternate methods to fix the permissions...I recommend doing both, just to be safe.

You might have multiple copies of BusyBox installed, this could cause the repeated requests to allow root.

To check, use Root Explorer to SEARCH your phone for Busybox, if you see more than one, delete all of them, then re-open busybox installer and re-install busybox 1.18. REBOOT your phone....

check if the problems are gone.