Re: Startup Password - FMFD?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Startup Password - FMFD?
Date	2016-11-10 19:46 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<e8k13tF2ht3U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<2016111009314913691-xxx@yyyzzz> <e8jq85F10u3U1@mid.individual.net> <2016111010215673213-xxx@yyyzzz>

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On 2016-11-10, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2016-11-10 17:48:53 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
>
>> On 2016-11-10, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>> In rebooting my computer today I got a request for system password from
>>> fmfd.  I granted it, but would kinda like to know what it is and what
>>> it does. Apparently relate to "Find My Mac"
>> 
>> I believe this is the Find My Friends Daemon (FMFD).
>> 
>>> I don't know why it suddenly wants my system password on startup.
>> 
>> I've never seen it ask for credentials, even though I've enabled System
>> Preferences > iCloud > Find My Mac on numerous Macs.
>
> I installed Folx for hot-diggity downloading.  I didn't care for it
> and uninstalled it according to their website: Drag it to the trash,
> empty trash.  Someone had sent me a link to a file for download
> through an email.  A simple download.  I clicked on it.  It went to
> Safari and did nothing.

Did Safari attempt to download the file? What showed up in the location
bar (URL)?

> I had clicked the same download 15 minutes earlier and it went through
> Folx, and I though, "what's the point of this thing, I was doing fine
> without it". Now, the link simply flashed in Safari and does nothing.
> Again I'm confounded.
>
I've never felt I needed an app just to manage my downloads. It would
only complicate what is already brain-dead simple.

> I rebooted the machine and that's when this credentials thing happened
> with FMFD.

Probably just a coincidence.

> Still Safari did nothing with the link.

What was the link? Did Safari even attempt to connect?

> I tried fiddling with some preferences to see if I could make it work,
> among them turning off JavaScript.  Then I did some regular stuff,
> among which was going to Apple's icloud site. I find it want's
> JavaScript is *required*.  After all this chatter about potential
> issues with Java, I was kind of surprised.

Java isn't the same thing as Javascript.

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Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 09:31 -0800
  Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 17:48 +0000
    Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 10:21 -0800
      Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-10 13:27 -0500
        Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 10:40 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-10 14:13 -0500
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 19:47 +0000
              Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 12:57 -0800
      Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 19:46 +0000
        Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 12:59 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:06 -0800
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:15 -0800
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 21:28 +0000
              Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:37 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:54 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 23:36 +0000
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 16:00 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-12 14:26 -0500
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-12 20:22 +0000
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-11-13 16:36 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-14 01:48 +0000
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-13 18:36 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2016-11-13 22:31 -0700
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-13 22:01 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-11-14 07:22 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2016-11-14 11:22 -0700
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-11-14 10:32 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-14 16:17 -0500
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-14 18:16 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-14 18:12 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-12 17:31 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 21:13 +0000
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:35 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-10 18:34 -0500

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