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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks
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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks

by Ernest E. Rothman, Brian Jepson
September 2002
Beginner to intermediate
216 pages
7h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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SystemStarter

SystemStarter examines /System/Library/StartupItems and /Library/StartupItems for applications that should be started at boot time. /Library/StartupItems contains items for locally installed applications; you can also put your own custom startup items there. /System/Library/StartupItems contains items for the system. You should not modify these or add your own items here. Table 2-1 lists Mac OS X’s available startup items.

Table 2-1. Mac OS X default startup items

Item

Description

Accounting

Starts the acct daemon, which collects process accounting records.

Apache

Starts the Apache web server. Enable this with the WEBSERVER entry in /etc/hostconfig or by turning on Web Sharing (System Preferences Sharing).

AppServices

Starts the desktop database, input managers, and printing services.

AppleShare

Starts Apple file sharing. Enable this with the AFPSERVER entry in /etc/hostconfig or by turning on File Sharing (System Preferences Sharing).

AppleTalk

Starts the AppleTalk protocol. Enable this with the APPLETALK entry in /etc/hostconfig.

AuthServer

Starts the authentication server. Enable this with the AUTHSERVER entry in /etc/hostconfig.

BIND

Starts named, the Internet domain name server, if DNSSERVER is set to -YES- in /etc/hostconfig.

ConfigServer

An empty startup script that maintains compatibility with earlier versions of Mac OS X, where this script was used to configure the network.

CoreGraphics

Starts the font and window server. ...

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