What is this process?

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• Reply 1 of 5

  mcq Posts: 1,543member

  January 13, 2005 10:46PM

  It's for handling Rendezvous connections I think.
• Reply 2 of 5

  costique Posts: 1,084member

  January 14, 2005 6:15AM

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  Originally posted by opuscroakus
  
  I do not have a "nobody" user account.
  

  
  

  
  
  You do. To make sure there is "nobody" open NetInfo Manager, in the second column click users and look in the next column. Sure you have a "nobody" user account!
  
  
  
  It's perfectly OK since for security reasons UNIX defines several fictious accounts used by system software.
  
  
  
  WARNING! Do not edit NetInfo Manager database unless you know what you are doing! You can easily make your Mac unable to boot.
• Reply 3 of 5

  opuscroakus Posts: 317member

  January 14, 2005 9:47AM

  Quote:
  

  
  Originally posted by costique
  
  [B]You do. To make sure there is "nobody" open NetInfo Manager, in the second column click users and look in the next column. Sure you have a "nobody" user account!
  
  
  
  It's perfectly OK since for security reasons UNIX defines several fictious accounts used by system software.
  

  
  

  
  
  OK cool, I was wondering if that was where the account came from. Does anyone know what that process is, or was MCQ correct? Does anyone else have this process running on their system?
  
  
  
  Thx for the info!
• Reply 4 of 5

  code master Posts: 344member

  January 14, 2005 10:53AM

  A brief description of all the background processes, including mDNSResponder can be found here:
  
  
  
  http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS...processes.html
• Reply 5 of 5

  mattjohndrow Posts: 1,618member

  January 14, 2005 11:59AM

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  Originally posted by Code Master
  
  A brief description of all the background processes, including mDNSResponder can be found here:
  
  
  
  http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS...processes.html
  

  
  

  
  
  thanks for the linkage good stuff