Comments on: Automountd trying to connect to Backups.backupdb http://installingcats.com/2008/06/01/automountd-backups-backupd/ Fixes for Apple AirPort, QuickTime AVI, and other Leopard Issues Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: gC http://installingcats.com/2008/06/01/automountd-backups-backupd/#comment-387 gC Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:16:43 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=61#comment-387 Hi guys, last night I had the some problem automountd tryed to connect to Backups.backupdb which never happend before. Fortunatelly I blocked it with little snitch until quit but this morney when I boot up my Mac I had the some message which this time I denyed it for ever on any connection! I realize that this occured with 2 coincidence. 1. yesterday I set up OpenDNS for the first time 2. I received a spam email with a suspect virus/spyware attachement. What is relevant to the above is that I have disabled and never used Time Machine since I installed Leopard ages ago, even manually! I beleive that this issue has to do with the spam email I received in conbination of setting up open DNS. I am going to investigate futher. Please watch out. gC Hi guys, last night I had the some problem automountd tryed to connect to Backups.backupdb which never happend before.

Fortunatelly I blocked it with little snitch until quit but this morney when I boot up my Mac I had the some message which this time I denyed it for ever on any connection!

I realize that this occured with 2 coincidence.

1. yesterday I set up OpenDNS for the first time
2. I received a spam email with a suspect virus/spyware attachement.

What is relevant to the above is that I have disabled and never used Time Machine since I installed Leopard ages ago, even manually!

I beleive that this issue has to do with the spam email I received in conbination of setting up open DNS.

I am going to investigate futher. Please watch out.
gC

]]> By: R K http://installingcats.com/2008/06/01/automountd-backups-backupd/#comment-319 R K Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:26:38 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=61#comment-319 Has anyone complained to Apple or has it been resolved? Has anyone complained to Apple or has it been resolved?

]]> By: debbie T http://installingcats.com/2008/06/01/automountd-backups-backupd/#comment-206 debbie T Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:43:57 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=61#comment-206 Thank you very much for this article. Funny, I woke up this morning to find the same Little Snitch message. I found your web page by googling "automountd" Anyway, I find it strange that automountd was having a problem. First I don't have Time Machine set for auto backups, and my TM drive was connected to my Mac all through the night. I ended up denying (until quit) access in Little Snitch. I was curious to see if it affected the backup next time I manually used Time Machine, and it appeared to have no affect at all. And I will also add the "exceptions" to Open DNS Thanks again for your helpful article! Thank you very much for this article. Funny, I woke up this morning to find the same Little Snitch message.

I found your web page by googling “automountd”

Anyway, I find it strange that automountd was having a problem. First I don’t have Time Machine set for auto backups, and my TM drive was connected to my Mac all through the night.

I ended up denying (until quit) access in Little Snitch. I was curious to see if it affected the backup next time I manually used Time Machine, and it appeared to have no affect at all.

And I will also add the “exceptions” to Open DNS

Thanks again for your helpful article!

]]> By: andrabr http://installingcats.com/2008/06/01/automountd-backups-backupd/#comment-186 andrabr Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:23:01 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=61#comment-186 This is spooky: if I understand this right, if some unscrupulous bastard at my ISP actually configures DNS to offer an NFS share, he will end up with my full backups to read and enjoy. Oh joy! This is spooky: if I understand this right, if some unscrupulous bastard at my ISP actually configures DNS to offer an NFS share, he will end up with my full backups to read and enjoy. Oh joy!

]]> By: Tesseract http://installingcats.com/2008/06/01/automountd-backups-backupd/#comment-128 Tesseract Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:02:33 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=61#comment-128 I do very much appreciate all your hard work on this subject, but something still isn't right. My time machine backup is on a permanent internal drive which is always mounted and accessible, so time machine should have no trouble finding it and hence no need to look for "outside help". Furthermore, when I deny the connection I get no error message. I have seen a few time machine errors in my day, so I know it's not afraid to tell me that it can't backup my data. I will try to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible. I do very much appreciate all your hard work on this subject, but something still isn’t right. My time machine backup is on a permanent internal drive which is always mounted and accessible, so time machine should have no trouble finding it and hence no need to look for “outside help”. Furthermore, when I deny the connection I get no error message. I have seen a few time machine errors in my day, so I know it’s not afraid to tell me that it can’t backup my data. I will try to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible.

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