hostconfig process

[Dan Shoop]

On Aug 15, 2007, at 12:12 PM, R.L. Grigg wrote:
> For the ARDAGENT case, it seems that ARDHelper parses the  
> hostconfig file for the ARDAGENT=-YES- line, and if -YES- launches  
> ARDAgent.

It does not. I thought I made this clear.

> For the sshd case, its launch is based on the .plist, but I'm still  
> overlooking something:
>     % sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist
>     Workaround Bonjour: Unknown error: 0

No it's launch is not based on the .plist (especially since the plist  
could have it disabled) it's launch is based on launchd knowing if  
it's supposed to keep the service active because it's loaded as a  
launchdeamom and is marked as being active. Note this latter point.  
The plist could be there, it could be loaded and it could not be  
active or configured to launch.

As for what you're overlooking it's that you are still approaching  
this from the wrong way and trying to mold your observations to  
incorrect operations.

RTFM the Mac OS X Internals book. It's all quite simple.

-dhan

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