Q: system.log is bombarded with deny file-read-data /private/etc/passwd
I have this unusual log etry and is being repeated continously.
May 22 10:52:43 mail sandboxd[69963] ([86113]): skindexer(86113) deny file-read-data /private/etc/passwd
May 22 10:52:43 mail sandboxd[69963] ([86113]): skindexer(86113) deny file-read-metadata /private/etc/passwd
May 22 10:52:43 mail sandboxd[69963] ([86113]): skindexer(86113) deny mach-per-user-lookup
May 22 10:52:43: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
May 22 10:52:43 mail sandboxd[69963] ([86113]): skindexer(86113) deny file-read-data /private/etc/passwd
May 22 10:52:43 mail sandboxd[69963] ([86113]): skindexer(86113) deny file-read-metadata /private/etc/passwd
May 22 10:52:43 mail sandboxd[69963] ([86113]): skindexer(86113) deny mach-per-user-lookup (loading metadata importers)
Any suggestion on how to stop this? It has been filling the log with these entries.
Posted on May 21, 2012 7:58 PM