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timac:~ tim$ cat /etc/hosts
# Host Database
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
127.0.0.1    localhost
255.255.255.255    broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0    localhost
192.168.2.100   servy
timac:~ tim$ ls -la ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
total 32
drwx------   6 tim  staff   204 Nov 13 19:22 .
drwx------+ 42 tim  staff  1428 Dec  6 21:21 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 tim  staff   892 Nov 13  2009 [email protected]t.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 tim  staff   425 Nov 13 19:22 com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 tim  staff   517 Nov 13 19:22 com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 tim  staff   677 Oct 22 17:06 org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
timac:~ tim$ ls -la /Library/LaunchAgents/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel   136 Jan  9 12:31 .
drwxrwxr-t+ 56 root  admin  1904 Mar  5  2010 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   635 Sep  9 09:04 com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   786 Jul 10  2011 com.google.keystone.agent.plist
timac:~ tim$ ls -la /Library/LaunchDaemons/
total 24
drwxr-xr-x   6 root  wheel   204 Jan  9 12:31 .
drwxrwxr-t+ 56 root  admin  1904 Mar  5  2010 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   485 Aug 31  2009 com.DuetDaemon.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   669 Feb 17  2011 com.apple.third_party_32b_kext_logger.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   562 Sep  9 09:04 com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   790 Jul 10  2011 com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
timac:~ tim$ ls -la /Library/StartupItems/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel   136 Dec 31  2010 .
drwxrwxr-t+ 56 root  admin  1904 Mar  5  2010 ..
drwxr-xr-x   5 root  wheel   170 Jan 10 09:23 VirtualBox
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel   136 Mar  7  2010 rEFItBlesser

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