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Panther change in StartupItems
So I was curious about what Resolver actually is, so I looked through /System/Library/StartupItems for the item that provides it. The item DirectoryServices is the culprit, but if you look closely, this startup item doesn't do anything. The entire script for starting up Directory Services is this:
Panther change in StartupItems
I found confirmation of this change. Perhaps this should be listed in a different hint. Apple is phasing out the StartupItems mechanism for loading daemons and services and moving to a "load-on-demand" approach that uses a tool called register_mach_bootstrap_servers. Here's the document that gives the details: System startup: The Boot Process (Bootstrap Daemons section) I have no idea how this impacts where the Firewall startup should go. |
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