Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found
Date	2017-05-21 03:18 +0000
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J Burns <burns@nospam.com> wrote:
> On 5/20/17 7:13 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2017-05-20, J Burns <burns@nospam.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> It has always been disabled.
>>>> 
>>>> Then you must have accidentally initiated the install.
>>> 
>>> It strange that it should happen every time I open App Store to see what
>>> update the notification is about.
>> 
>> If true, that would be strange. What does this single-line terminal
>> command show on your system?:
>> 
>> sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate AutomaticDownload
>> 
>> On my systems that have the System Preferences > App Store > Download
>> newly available updates in the background setting disabled, it shows
>> this output:
>> 
>> # sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate AutomaticDownload
>> Password:
>> 0
>> 
> Instead of Password: 0, mine shows Password: and a key icon.

You were supposed to enter the password to your admin account. Then it
would output the number which reflects the setting value.

Anyhow now that you've toggled the setting it's less valuable to know. I
was just wondering if the value would reflect what you saw in System
Preferences.

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JR

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4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-19 21:10 -0400
  Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-19 21:24 -0400
  Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-20 02:45 +0000
    Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-20 00:27 -0400
      Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-20 16:17 +0000
        Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-20 13:26 -0400
          Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-20 17:48 +0000
            Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-20 17:44 -0400
              Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-20 23:13 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-05-20 20:01 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-21 01:46 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-05-20 23:14 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-21 04:55 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-20 22:11 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-21 03:18 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-21 13:55 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-22 19:58 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-05-23 14:11 +1200
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-22 22:29 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-26 07:58 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-26 15:51 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-05-26 12:52 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-26 17:34 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-27 15:39 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-29 00:00 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-29 19:03 +0000
      Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-22 06:40 +0000
  Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-22 06:33 +0000

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