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Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
I've asked the question he- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/for...-one-might-do/ Can anyone reading here provide the answer? TIA |
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Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
In article , David B.
wrote: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'? off topic for this group, you asked about it already in another group (and more than once), which was answered and which you ignored. as usual, you're trolling. |
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Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
On 15/05/2018 14:27, *nospam the Troll* said ...
In article , David B. wrote: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'? off topic for this group, you asked about it already in another group (and more than once), which was answered and which you ignored. Cite the MID as usual, you're trolling. No, that's what YOU do! :-P I'm asking clever folk here if they can understand why the script was on my old iMac and what it might have been doing. There is NO such script on my new iMac. That in itself is rather odd, don't you think? -- David B. |
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Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
In article , David B.
wrote: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'? off topic for this group, you asked about it already in another group (and more than once), which was answered and which you ignored. Cite the MID knock off the bull****. you know quite well you asked about it in multiple threads over the past couple of weeks in the mac groups. I'm asking clever folk here if they can understand why the script was on my old iMac and what it might have been doing. wrong group. what it does was explained to you by *numerous* people in the other threads, except that you're too stupid to understand any of it. There is NO such script on my new iMac. That in itself is rather odd, don't you think? not at all. |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
David B. wrote:
Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'? I've asked the question he- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/for...n-anyone-here- understand-what-this-one-might-do/ Can anyone reading here provide the answer? In the future, I would ask Mac-related questions in a Mac group, such as comp.sys.mac.misc. Personally, I would leave this script where you found it, as-is. It doesn't do anything bothersome, and for all you know, something important might miss it. Many of these are covered in the man pages. Apple keeps a copy of the man pages here (watch the word wrap): https://developer.apple.com/legacy/l...n/Reference/Ma nPages/ FreeBSD, which macOS partly derives from, has its man pages he https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi Every line that begins with a pound (or hash, "#") character is a comment. # Be strict set -u I couldn't find a good reference for Mac or BSD set, so I can't say for sure what the switches do. This page: http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/seth.html ....says this: set - Set or unset values of shell options and positional parameters. [...] -u Treat unset variables as an error when substituting. ....but Linux commands often have different options than their BSD counterparts (which is what macOS uses), so take that with a grain of salt. PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/libexec:/System/Library/ CoreServices; export PATH Sets the search path for the script, then exports it out to make it "permanent" for the current login. CheckForNetwork() { [SNIP] } A function that sets the shell variable NETWORKUP to indicate if the machine is connected to a network. alias ConsoleMessage=echo Sets up a new command 'ConsoleMessage' that is just an alias for the command 'echo'. Why someone felt the need to do this is beyond me, but whatever. GetPID () { [SNIP] } A function that prints a program's process ID (PID) to the screen, but only if it has a valid entry in /var/run. RunService () { [SNIP] } A function that calls what I assume are other functions, apparently specific to services (daemons). -- I did every horrible thing in the book just to get revenues. -- Mark Pincus, CEO, Zinga |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
In article 23,
Auric__ wrote: David B. wrote: Can anyone reading here provide the answer? In the future, I would ask Mac-related questions in a Mac group, such as comp.sys.mac.misc. he did ask there (actually .system) and on more than one occasion, with several people explaining what it did. he's not interested in answers. |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
On Tue, 15 May 2018 13:42:28 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article 23, Auric__ wrote: David B. wrote: Can anyone reading here provide the answer? In the future, I would ask Mac-related questions in a Mac group, such as comp.sys.mac.misc. he did ask there (actually .system) and on more than one occasion, with several people explaining what it did. he's not interested in answers. He's not interested in _technical_ answers. He doesn't understand that kind of talk. He just wants someone to agree with him that the script is shady and that it appeared on his iMac under false pretenses. (It's not and it didn't.) Until he gets exactly that answer, and not what he calls a tekkie answer, he'll continue to ask the same question in every group and forum he still has access to. He tends to get banned from forums, so there's that. |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
In article , Char Jackson
wrote: David B. wrote: Can anyone reading here provide the answer? In the future, I would ask Mac-related questions in a Mac group, such as comp.sys.mac.misc. he did ask there (actually .system) and on more than one occasion, with several people explaining what it did. he's not interested in answers. He's not interested in _technical_ answers. He doesn't understand that kind of talk. he doesn't understand much of anything. He just wants someone to agree with him that the script is shady and that it appeared on his iMac under false pretenses. (It's not and it didn't.) Until he gets exactly that answer, and not what he calls a tekkie answer, he'll continue to ask the same question in every group and forum he still has access to. He tends to get banned from forums, so there's that. he keeps linking to threads he's started on various forums where people rip him to shreds. unfortunately, he can't be banned from usenet, nor will his isp shut him down. |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might'do'?
On 15/05/2018 18:42, nospam wrote:
In article 23, Auric__ wrote: David B. wrote: Can anyone reading here provide the answer? In the future, I would ask Mac-related questions in a Mac group, such as comp.sys.mac.misc. he did ask there (actually .system) and on more than one occasion, with several people explaining what it did. Then cite the MIDs 'nospam' I have no record of any answers being given. he's not interested in answers. That simply isn't true. I want to know why my new iMac has no such script showing when I scan with KnockKnock. I've reinstalled High Sierra and there's STILL no sign of that script. -- David B. |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
In article , David B.
wrote: David B. wrote: Can anyone reading here provide the answer? In the future, I would ask Mac-related questions in a Mac group, such as comp.sys.mac.misc. he did ask there (actually .system) and on more than one occasion, with several people explaining what it did. Then cite the MIDs 'nospam' here's two, the first of which was crossposted to this group and several others: ........... In article , David B. wrote: I'm fairly confident that the script I am querying is not an original Apple feature so *SOMEBODY* must have put it on to my machine deliberately. The question remains - *WHO* did? ;-) Here's a reminder of the script I'm querying:- ........... In article , David B. wrote: KnockKnock found this start-up script:- What is it designed to do? ........... I have no record of any answers being given. bull ****ing **** you don't. you even responded to some of the answers! he's not interested in answers. That simply isn't true. it's very true. I want to know why my new iMac has no such script showing when I scan with KnockKnock. no you don't. I've reinstalled High Sierra and there's STILL no sign of that script. what you meant to say is that there's no sign of intelligent life in your house. |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might'do'?
David B. wrote:
On 15/05/2018 18:42, nospam wrote: In article 23, Auric__ wrote: David B. wrote: Can anyone reading here provide the answer? In the future, I would ask Mac-related questions in a Mac group, such as comp.sys.mac.misc. he did ask there (actually .system) and on more than one occasion, with several people explaining what it did. Then cite the MIDs 'nospam' I have no record of any answers being given. he's not interested in answers. That simply isn't true. I want to know why my new iMac has no such script showing when I scan with KnockKnock. I've reinstalled High Sierra and there's STILL no sign of that script. The file doesn't have a filename. Have you tried looking for that filename being present inside other scripts ? Paul |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might'do'?
On 15/05/2018 21:14, Paul wrote:
David B. wrote: On 15/05/2018 18:42, nospam wrote: In article 23, Auric__ wrote: David B. wrote: Can anyone reading here provide the answer? In the future, I would ask Mac-related questions in a Mac group, such as comp.sys.mac.misc. he did ask there (actually .system) and on more than one occasion, with several people explaining what it did. Then cite the MIDs 'nospam' I have no record of any answers being given. he's not interested in answers. That simply isn't true. I want to know why my new iMac has no such script showing when I scan with KnockKnock. I've reinstalled High Sierra and there's STILL no sign of that script. The file doesn't have a filename. It does! It's called 'rc.common'. I've searched my hard drive with an App called EasyFind and located it in a 'private' folder. Here's an image:- https://imgur.com/gallery/D7yNGMU Have you tried looking for that filename being present inside other scripts ? No. I'm not sure I'd know how to do that. -- David B. |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might'do'?
On 15/05/2018 21:14, Paul wrote:
David B. wrote: On 15/05/2018 18:42, nospam wrote: In article 23, Auric__ wrote: David B. wrote: Can anyone reading here provide the answer? In the future, I would ask Mac-related questions in a Mac group, such as comp.sys.mac.misc. he did ask there (actually .system) and on more than one occasion, with several people explaining what it did. Then cite the MIDs 'nospam' I have no record of any answers being given. he's not interested in answers. That simply isn't true. I want to know why my new iMac has no such script showing when I scan with KnockKnock. I've reinstalled High Sierra and there's STILL no sign of that script. The file doesn't have a filename. Have you tried looking for that filename being present inside other scripts ? Â*Â* Paul Hi Paul I did get one sensible answer on the Apple group but I don't fully understand what is being said. Here the link ... https://developer.apple.com/library/...rtupItems.html Does that mean much to you? -- David B. |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might 'do'?
In article , David B.
wrote: I did get one sensible answer on the Apple group but I don't fully understand what is being said. you don't understand *anything*. Here the link ... what part of wrong group is not clear? |
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OT: Scripts - can anyone here understand what this one might'do'?
On 15/05/2018 22:48, nospam wrote:
In article , David B. wrote: I did get one sensible answer on the Apple group but I don't fully understand what is being said. you don't understand *anything*. Are you *SURE* about that? ;-) Here the link ... what part of wrong group is not clear? I may ask questions about anything I wish in ANY Usenet group. I monitor the Windows 10 group because I have a Windows 10 computer and am aware that there are some very clever and honest folk posting here. FYI, I ALSO asked he- https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topi...k-my-question/ -- David B. |
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