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Offline george

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« on: May 19, 2009, 12:28:38 AM »
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Any ideas why this shows on start-up?
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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2009, 12:58:43 AM »
George - I'm still on Tiger, so can't help directly, but Google search found
this on Apple discussions

which includes a link to this one

Hope it helps a bit anyway, until our North American friends wake up smile.gif
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« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2009, 04:33:45 AM »
Check your Security prefs.  If you don't want outsiders to be allowed to connect you can run under stealth mode so your computer doesn't even appear to others.
« Last Edit: May 19, 2009, 04:34:00 AM by krissel »


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« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2009, 11:22:52 AM »
Thank you Neil for the interesting links.
Krissel, I was unaware of "stealth" this has now been implemented, thank you.
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« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2009, 06:12:13 PM »
That seems to be a perfectly legit process, owned by root (the OS), shows up on my "All Processes" list in Activity Monitor. Its parent process is "kchmond" which is a child of "launchd" which is, I think, the standard process to actually launch many, if not most basic OS operations. It may simply be one that tells Apple that your machine is running or it may be trying to access a time server. dntknw.gif I have no idea what it really does, but you should not normally be seeing that dialog, unless you've been messin' with the Security settings, lately. Or reinstalled parts of the System. Or somethin' else... tongue.gif And, even then, it should be seen only once, assuming you click "Allow."
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