[X-Unix] TOP and processes

[David Ledger]

At 21:48 -0700 6/8/07, Scott Forbes wrote:
>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.

ntp is certainly harmless. All properly managed Unix server 
installations run it.

David


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