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Need to know what's the contents of /var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist from Mac OS X Mountain Lion?
I accidentally issued the following command:
# launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
I wish to see outputs of mac os x mountain lion launchd% list command. See below on pastie the current ...
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How to have sshd re-read its config file (without killing ssh connections)?
How can I get the ssh server to re-read its configuration file (/etc/sshd_config), without killing existing ssh connections?
EDIT: If I run kill -HUP <SSHD_PID> I kill the connection.
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Is it possible to control specific behaviors of a launch daemon (system) on os x?
Is it possible to control specific behaviors of a launch daemon (system) on os x?
For example:
spotlight daemon (com.apple.spotlight.*) controls what do to when a spot light search is made.
-How ...
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How to make the pcscd daemon load at startup on Lion?
I've got an obscure cryptographic USB token that works pretty good with Lion except I need to run...
sudo /usr/sbin/pcscd -adf
...each time I want to use it because it doesn't load automatically.
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Where does mysql register to start itself at boot time?
I've got a Macbook Air that is starting mysql on boot. I've looked in LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons, .bash_profile and .profile and login items. It's also not in /etc/rc.local.
Where else can I look?
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What is PPPMonitord.app?
I was looking to disable some startup daemons and apps on my Mountain Lion iMac, and I noticed that inside /Library/LaunchDaemons there is a file called cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist which point to an ...
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Daemons or other processes responsible for dictation in 10.8?
Dictation in Mountain Lion is a nice little feature that works great for me. However I often need to switch between dictation languages, so going through the System Preferences is way too many clicks ...
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opendirectoryd taking up 1/4 of the cpu and driving fans crazy on MacBook Air
Since a couple of days my 2011 13" MBA (i5, 1,7Ghz) has a very strange issue which I don't know how to get rid of.
Every now and then (sometimes more times a day) a process called opendirectoryd ...
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Guide on removing unused Agents and Daemons to speed up MacOS
Can you point me to a good guide on spotting and getting rid of running Agents, Daemons and Processes that aren't useful to me anyway and are taking up memory and CPU cycles?
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Does changing a daemon's plist file extension prevent it from being loaded?
I particularly want to disable:
/private/etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist.disabled, but in general for any daemon.
Does changing its plist extension prevent it from loading?
In the past I ...
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How can I launch a daemon process as a specified user at boot without an interactive login?
I'm trying to setup a TeamCity Build Agent on a Mac Mini Server running 10.7.3. I have successfully got it running and building but only if I login and launch the process manually.
We'd prefer to ...
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Script that Automatically Does Something Every Day
I'm looking for a way to automatically run a shell script or command every time interval. I'm running a server and I want to backup some folders every day. I don't want to use time machine because the ...
