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10.4: One solution to a launchd-cron CPU usage issue
This should serve as a warning to all those people who use the Finder to explore folders that were never really meant to be explored in that way.
Finder problem?
I agree that there are problems that occur when you use the Finder to explore outside the normal user directories, but I think that a more desirable solution would be for Apple to fix the Finder so that it does not muck up the system files. Why should there be directories that are not meant to be explored by the Finder?
Finder problem?
…i think that a more desirable solution would be for Apple to fix the Finder so that it does not muck up the system files…
You're wrong: No system files were modified(!) - there was ADDED a file to a - for the Finder - invisible folder …Why should there be directories that are not meant to be explored by the Finder?… Why? - Beacuse you can then avoid the problem described in this thread ;-)
10.4: One solution to a launchd-cron CPU usage issue
i don't know for sure in tiger, but in 10.3 /var/cron and /var/cron/tabs are ROOT access only. so if you've managed to make a .DS_store file in finder then you've not only got a GUI finder session logged in as admin,but as the ROOT user!
misusing root
Yeah, running Finder as root or logging in with a root GUI can have undesirable side effects, like creating .DS_Store files where they don't belong. Or unexpectedly creating other root-owned files that a non-root user will have trouble accessing (reading and/or writing) later. In general, I recommend skeptically questioning anyone who suggests logging in as root to "fix" a problem. |
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