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mdnsresponder and configd

Everytime I boot up now I recieve these annoying messages that say
[QUOTE]Do you want the application "configd" to accept incoming network connections[/QUOTE]
and
[QUOTE]Do you want the application "mdnsresponder" to accept incoming network connections[/QUOTE]

If I click on deny on both I have no inernet connection. Also if I go to System Preferences and set my Firewall to "receive all incoming connections" essentually turning my firewall off these messages stop occuring on reboot.
I think this all happened after trying to recalibrate my MBP battery but I am not sure. When I installed Leopard over a month ago I did a fresh install and all was fine, until recently.
Anyone have any ideas?

15" Macbook Pro 2.4, Mac OS X (10.5.1), AEBS

Posted on Dec 29, 2007 10:27 AM

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Apr 27, 2008 11:04 AM in response to WendySH

make a soft link in one of your accessible folder by running the follow command in the terminal (assuming you cd into the right directory)

# ln -s /usr/ usr

the file browser in the firewall setting will now be able to see the link. You can remove the link once you added configd and mDNSResponder to the list.

Jan 3, 2008 12:32 PM in response to SolRayz

I have the same problem, just started a couple of days ago. Perhaps it was the last system update? I'm reluctant to let applications I can't recognize get through the firewall, so as a workaround I've been starting each session by allowing all connections in the firewall System Preferences panel, then restricting them once everything is up and running.

Feb 2, 2008 7:49 PM in response to SolRayz

I'm having this EXACT problem, since I got my Macbook back from Apple service Thursday for a hinge issue. As far as I know, all they did was fix the hinge, I don't know what they would have even done to any software. But this is the exact thing I'm getting, with the errors about mDNSResponder and configd, and I also had "nmdb" show up in the "good" list in my firewall. I'd really like to see some info on this issue, I don't like having my firewall off. I've never had any problem like this before.

Feb 20, 2008 1:58 PM in response to SolRayz

I was having this same annoyance/problem after resetting the PMU on my 15" Powerbook G4. I fixed it by deleting the keychain entry for my wireless network's encryption key. Naturally, the next time I connected to my wireless network I had to type in the encryption key, but I was not bothered with the "allow" or "deny" dialogs after rebooting. I hope this fix works for you guys too.

Mar 1, 2008 2:03 AM in response to dhowell626

I have half an answer, but have been unable to fix the problem myself.

I also just got my Macbook back from repair, and when it first started up the time needed setting as it had gone back to 2001 or something.

This is where my problems started.

I have had a good look around and discovered that some of the Keychains and certificates are now missing in the "System" area, whereas they were there before.

These are:
com.apple.kerberos.kdc and com.apple.systemdefault.

I have tried all sorts to export them from another machine, but can't figure out how to do it (maybe you're not supposed to be able to ?)

In the end, I decided to backup my files and reload everything from the DVD, this worked, but a little extreme.

Mar 23, 2008 2:42 PM in response to interconnect

I am having these same problems with my son's iBook, running Leopard. We finally got to the point where we couldn't get him Internet access until I simply shut off his firewall. I am not thrilled to have it off but I don't know what else to do. Any suggestions would be very welcome.

Mar 26, 2008 7:29 PM in response to SolRayz

I am having the same problem since I had a battery problem and had to reset my PMU and PRAM. I have to shut off my firewall to get a DHCP config then turn the firewall back on. This usually happens each morning when I startup. Apparently both of those apps are needed to pick up DHCP settings, but the firewall on strict settings won't let them thru. I cannot find a way to permanently allow them through. Hopefully someone will figure out a solution for us all.

Apr 11, 2008 9:18 PM in response to Eric Thompson

I have the exact same problem with mdnsresponder and configd and nmblookup. nmblookup will eventually show up in my allowed list in the firewall settings, but the other two will not. It all started for me when I restarted after running boot camp and the date and time needed to be reset. (The time needs to be reset every time I use boot camp - another bug - but the date usually is fine.) I got a warning that some things may not work correctly if I didn't reset the date, which I did immediately. Ever since then each time I restart I have to either allow them or allow all incoming connections to get networking to function.

One of the above posts mentions that com.apple.kerberos.kdc and com.apple.systemdefault need to be replaced. Could this be done from a time machine backup? If so where are they supposed to live exactly? I tried deleting the network keychain items and re-entering them but it did not help.

I, also, never had problems with Tiger and have had a number of things like this occur with Leapord that seem not to be able to get resolved. Very disappointing.

mdnsresponder and configd

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