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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / March 2007What or Where is the Startup Process Scheduler
I have some annoying processes that startup on a reboot that I'd like to disable. For example, an HP setup wizard that won't leave me alone and some nosy processes that sniff around on the local network. They are not controlled by the startup item preference for my user, so something else must be scheduling them. How can I find and disable them? Thanks.  SignatureNelson -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > I have some annoying processes that startup on a reboot that I'd like > to disable. For example, an HP setup wizard that won't leave me alone [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > How can I find and disable them? /Library/Startup Items /System/Library/Startup Items SignatureJohan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com >> I have some annoying processes that startup on a reboot that I'd like >> to disable. For example, an HP setup wizard that won't leave me alone [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > /Library/Startup Items > /System/Library/Startup Items Hmm. There must be some place else in addition to these. For example, Timbuktu launches independent of any login and yet has no component in either of these directories (at least that I can see). SignatureNelson -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > >> How can I find and disable them? > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Timbuktu launches independent of any login and yet has no component in > either of these directories (at least that I can see). I'm not that familiar with Timbuktu, but it could have installed an extension (aka INIT in OS 9) in /System/Library/Extensions/ or various other places. Such an extension could launch one or more processes at boot or login. --Fred >> I have some annoying processes that startup on a reboot that I'd like >> to disable. [...] >> How can I find and disable them? > > /Library/Startup Items > /System/Library/Startup Items As of 10.4 there's also /System/Library/LaunchDaemons /Library/LaunchDaemons In both cases the entries under /System/Library are be part of osx and should almost always be left alone. The entries are under /Library are third-party -- these are the ones you should be looking at. Well-formed Startup Items should have a corresponding environment variable in /etc/hostconfig that you would set to "-NO-" to disable. But they're not all well-formed, in which case you have to delete the item from the file system, or at least move it elsewhere. To stop the process in the current boot cycle, use 'sudo SystemStarter stop <id>', where the <id> comes from the StartupParameters.plist in the item. Launchd items are disabled via 'sudo launchctl unload -w <path>'. This will both stop the currently running process and also prevent it from starting the next time you boot. Finally there's also /etc/mach_init.d, though it's very unlikely any third-party software uses this. |
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