[X-Unix] TOP and processes

[Scott Forbes]

On Aug 6, 2007, at 9:21 PM, David Gilden wrote:

> I ran 'Top'  and saw processes that I could not identify.
>
> Could someone explain what 'aped' and 'ntpd' are for,
> I was thinking that I might have some rouge spy wear or some
> such crap on my system (OSX Tiger 10.4.10)

ntpd is the Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon. Type "man ntpd" for  
details. It's harmless as far as I know.

aped is Unsanity's Application Enhancer (APE) deamon. Some say it's  
not so harmless, so I don't run it.

  --Scott