Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 20:42:40 -0400 From: Jon Radel <jon@radel.com> To: jon <jacksgarage@gmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Question not found in FAQs or other documentation Message-ID: <4BEF3F80.1070108@radel.com> In-Reply-To: <367EF82A-6EE4-4286-BFC8-92832F72794E@gmail.com> References: <367EF82A-6EE4-4286-BFC8-92832F72794E@gmail.com>
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This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms030801050006090306020907 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 5/15/10 5:57 PM, jon wrote: > > To whom it concerns, Not us, really. This strikes me much more as a Mac OS or local network=20 support issue. > > I am a relatively basic/amateur computer user and I just noticed today = > that my "recent servers" lists "Free BSD". Your "recent servers" list where? We need more details. I suspect you=20 mean Finder->Connect to Server->Recent Servers, but that's just an=20 educated guess. > > I do not knowingly connect to any outside servers and am concerned=20 > that any server has been connected to my computer. You really need to determine what computer on your network(s) identifies = itself with the name "Free BSD" if you wish to track this down. If you=20 dislike the fact that Mac OS X tries to list other computers on your=20 local network, I'd strongly urge you to go into System Preferences and=20 make sure that all sharing services are turned off and that the firewall = is turned on with the most locked down set of options. However, keep in mind that Mac OS X likes to list other local computers=20 which make file services available over AFP or SMB, and this does *not*=20 mean that the other computers are connecting to your laptop (although it = doesn't rule it out either). > > My question is: how can I prevent this server from ever connecting to=20 > my computer again? And anything else I can do to delete this server,=20 > this connection.... > I've seen nothing in your description to indicate that there is a=20 current connection of any type. If it bugs you, what about hitting the=20 "clear recent servers" button, should that exist in 10.4. (I have=20 nothing older than 10.5 to look at.) And make sure that *your* sharing=20 is off and firewall is on. > I have an Apple powerbook G4 running Mac OS X 10.4.11. > > Upgrade to Mac OS 10.5.8 if your hardware supports it. It's still=20 getting more attention from Apple. --=20 --Jon Radel jon@radel.com --------------ms030801050006090306020907--
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