Timeline for Are apsd, ntpd, mDNSResponder, trustd, netbiosd necessary for macOS functioning?
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| Dec 8, 2019 at 14:44 | comment | added | bmike♦ | @armipunk post s as new topic with a picture of the pop up next time it happens. Be sure to list some details / macOS version, etc... | |
| Dec 8, 2019 at 14:14 | comment | added | armipunk | Do you, @bmike or anyone know if netbiosd connections can be initiated by a router (Netgear) with a fileserver ("readyshare") feature? I have this USB drive on the router set to mount in login items on the Mac but the outgoing netbiosd alert doesn't pop up every time, that I've noticed. I have zero Windows machines on the network and I sorta narrowed it to the router fileshare - EDIT: [but] I cannot replicate it. | |
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| Oct 29, 2019 at 23:20 | comment | added | Mark |
ntpd is safe to disable in the short term: most computer clocks don't drift by more than a few seconds a day, and most security doesn't complain until your clock is off by an hour or more (the big exception is Kerberos, which requires no more than five minutes of offset).
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| Oct 29, 2019 at 17:11 | comment | added | Graham Miln |
mDNSResponder includes localhost only service discovery (dns-sd). Disabling it can affect applications that never send traffic over the network.
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| Oct 29, 2019 at 16:53 | history | edited | slightly_toasted | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 29, 2019 at 16:51 | comment | added | slightly_toasted |
@bmike Correct, ntpd and trustd are necessary for basic functionality. But the rest can be disabled if you know you won't need to use the service, even though it might be overkill.
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| Oct 29, 2019 at 16:45 | comment | added | bmike♦ | I would not disable any of those services, save netbiosd since they cover some pretty important functionality and security. Things will break if time isn’t kept up and security certificates can’t be evaluated. even the last, I would want to have a good reason to disable it since the effort would be a lot higher than the payback in most cases for me (at least) | |
| Oct 29, 2019 at 15:22 | history | answered | slightly_toasted | CC BY-SA 4.0 |