Private Folder is using most of HD

My Private Folder is nearly 190GB. Almost all of it is in asl folder full of a document called
2009.01.04.U501.asl. Where is this coming from? How can I get rid of it.

Hello captain:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
I did a Google search and the only thing that seems relevant is that asl is an abbraviation for American sign language.
Did you download something in that venue?
Barry

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10+ GB files created in private folder, aslmanager using 94% CPU, HELP!

My computer seemed to be running ok, but huge chunks of disk space kept dissappearing, until when I knew I ought to have at least 11 GB open on the drive, I started getting pop up dialogue boxes warning of no more drive space available for application memory or that sort of thing. Trying to track the problem down I got Onyx and used it to be sure all daily, monthly, and weekly scripts had run. That didn't affect these files, either in size or number. I also ran the cleaning protocols - that didn't help much at all. A couple of times chunks of disk space would magically reappear, up to 2 or 3 GB, but then the space would very very rapidly disappear again.
Then I got a program called "Grand Perspective" that maps your drive, and found huge private/var/log/asl files that were up to 5 GB, and, yes, I do mean these files are Gigabite, in size, not MB.
After using console to see the last 16 MB of a couple of these files, and not being able to tell anything from them other than that the dates from a log file dated 2010.10.16.asl was showing entries from Feb & Mar, which seemed very odd... Anyhow, I deleted all but the last day of those log files (one of those I did NOT delete was over 1.5 GB).
I also found and deleted a private/var/log/daily.out file that was over 5 GB.
I did not delete the private/var/log/asl files with different names than those with dates. In other words, I did NOT delete (today's size shown for each) 2010.11.15.asl at 553MB, 2010.11.15.U501.asl at 1.72 GB, LongTTL.asl at 1.2 MB, LongTTL.UO.asl at 8 KB, StoreData at 4Kb, SweepStore at 0Kb.
Before deleting all of the previous private/var/log/asl dated files, the computer was for the most part running fine, but had run out of free disk space when I knew it ought to have had at least 11 GB open (e.g., >10% of the drive) - so it kept hanging up, I'd free up a few hundred MB with Onyx, reboot a few times, etc., and it'd just fill up and hang again in no time....
After deleting those files, I had over 17 GB free disk space and I rebooted. I believe I then ran onxy both maintenance and cleaning functions.
Now computer is hanging, and/or firefox is hanging or very slow to respond. Space was rapidly disappearing again. Using Grand Perspective again late this morning, I discovered a new file, private/tmp/periodic.vNHob2vCOj created at 3:15 am, that was already over 7.5 GB. Within an hour it was over 8.5 GB, and now it is over 10.5 GB, and I'm down to 11 GB available disk space. Yesterdays asl log files (the huge ones) are still there, along with two new and reasonably small ones for today.
So when the computer and/or firefox starts hanging, and the fans really rev up (which is happening very frequently today) I opened the activity monitor. It seems that the fans aren't always rev'ing when its hanging, but often are or begin to shortly after the computer drastically slows down - and I hadn't noticed this before I deleted all those large files.
From the activity monitor, it seems that the aslmanager is using up to as high as 88% or more of my CPU that I've seen so far. Even when the CPU use is down around 3 or 4%, it may be using as much as over 1.18 GB real memory, and AT THE SAME TIME 1.8 GB (yes, gigabite!) of virtual memory.
I tried quitting firefox to see if that made any difference, but even then the aslmanager is still using massive amounts of CPU and memory.
Syslog is also periodically using as high as 94% of CPU that I've seen, although this seems much less common than the aslmanager problem.
I sampled or used console to copy some of the text in that daily.out file before I deleted it. I also sampled the syslog when it was using 68% of CPU, and the aslmanager when it was using either a lot of CPU or memory or both, I don't recall which for sure. I also used console to display the last 16 MB of that private/tmp/periodic.vNHob2vCOj file and copy it to an rtf file.
I can of course post parts of any of these if it would help determine what is causing this problem.
As you can imagine, I'm desperate to know what in the world is going on here and how to fix it!!! I would be incredibly grateful for your help in resolving this problem.

I may have inadvertently fixed the problem. The one file had grown to over 12.5 GB, so I was going to try the sudo commands listed in this article: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10329979-263.html and then delete that file. The commands didn't seem to work - both aslmanager and syslogd were still showing in the activity monitor and it didn't create a temp file on the desktop. I thought perhaps because the friend who gave me this computer left the admin password blank, so I went to change it to a real password. In the process the computer completely hung, so I rebooted. That 12 GB file is gone, at least so far and I haven't heard the fans (have only been back up for a few minutes tho so we'll see).
Even so, going to console as you suggested - it looks like tons of aslmanager lines, but I haven't got a clue what it was doing, perhaps you can tell? For future reference... I have no idea how much of this is after it hung completely and I had to hold down the button to force it to shutdown, and then I rebooted...so apologies for copying more here than probably is needed:
Nov 16 15:41:41 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2289]: aslmanager(2289) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 15:41:41 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2289]: aslmanager(2289) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 15:45:48 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2352]: process 2313 is being monitored
Nov 16 15:46:02 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2352]: process 2313 is being no longer being monitored
Nov 16 15:47:43 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2289]: aslmanager(2289) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 15:47:43 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2289]: aslmanager(2289) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 15:47:43 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2289]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 15:47:43 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2289]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 15:48:52 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2354]: Formulating crash report for process aslmanager[2289]
Nov 16 15:48:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager[2289]): Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
Nov 16 15:48:53 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2354]: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/aslmanager2010-11-16-154852Macintosh-4.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Nov 16 16:02:29 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2370]: process 2369 is being monitored
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: aslmanager(2355) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2355]: aslmanager(2355) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: aslmanager(2355) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: aslmanager(2355) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2355]: aslmanager(2355) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:08:31 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2355]: aslmanager(2355) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:12:52 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2355]: aslmanager(2355) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:12:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: aslmanager(2355) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 16:12:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 16:12:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2355]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:13:44 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2380]: Formulating crash report for process aslmanager[2355]
Nov 16 16:13:44 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager[2355]): Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
Nov 16 16:13:44 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2380]: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/aslmanager2010-11-16-161343Macintosh-4.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: aslmanager(2386) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2386]: aslmanager(2386) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: aslmanager(2386) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: aslmanager(2386) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2386]: aslmanager(2386) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:34:11 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2386]: aslmanager(2386) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:39:52 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2386]: aslmanager(2386) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:39:52 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: aslmanager(2386) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 16:39:52 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 16:39:52 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2386]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 16:41:23 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2407]: Formulating crash report for process aslmanager[2386]
Nov 16 16:41:23 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager[2386]): Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
Nov 16 16:41:23 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2407]: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/aslmanager2010-11-16-164122Macintosh-4.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Nov 16 16:44:13 ip68-108-69-78 SoftwareUpdateCheck[2410]: Checking for updates
Nov 16 16:45:29 ip68-108-69-78 SoftwareUpdateCheck[2410]: Downloading "Security Update 2010-007"
Nov 16 16:48:31 ip68-108-69-78 SoftwareUpdateCheck[2410]: Auto-download of "Security Update 2010-007" SUCCESSFUL.
Nov 16 16:48:31 ip68-108-69-78 SoftwareUpdateCheck[2410]: Downloading "iTunes"
Nov 16 16:49:01: --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Nov 16 16:49:36 ip68-108-69-78 SoftwareUpdateCheck[2410]: Downloading "iTunes"
Nov 16 16:49:38 ip68-108-69-78 SoftwareUpdateCheck[2410]: Auto-download of "iTunes" SUCCESSFUL.
Nov 16 16:49:40 ip68-108-69-78 Software Update[2420]: arguments=(null)
Nov 16 16:50:04 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2424]: process 2420 is being monitored
Nov 16 16:50:24 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[82] ([0x0-0xdb0db].SoftwareUpdateCheck[2410]): Exited with exit code: 102
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2409]: aslmanager(2409) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: aslmanager(2409) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2409]: aslmanager(2409) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2409]: aslmanager(2409) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: aslmanager(2409) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: aslmanager(2409) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 17:02:20 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:07:41 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2409]: aslmanager(2409) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:07:41 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: aslmanager(2409) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 17:07:41 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 17:07:41 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2409]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:08:58 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2439]: Formulating crash report for process aslmanager[2409]
Nov 16 17:08:58 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager[2409]): Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
Nov 16 17:08:58 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2439]: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/aslmanager2010-11-16-170857Macintosh-4.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Nov 16 17:30:17 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2463]: process 2313 is being monitored
Nov 16 17:30:58 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2463]: process 2313 is being no longer being monitored
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: aslmanager(2446) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2446]: aslmanager(2446) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: aslmanager(2446) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: aslmanager(2446) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2446]: aslmanager(2446) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2446]: aslmanager(2446) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:36:40 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2468]: process 2313 is being monitored
Nov 16 17:37:05 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2468]: process 2313 is being no longer being monitored
Nov 16 17:37:24 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2468]: process 105 is being monitored
Nov 16 17:37:25 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2468]: process 105 is being no longer being monitored
Nov 16 17:43:22 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2446]: aslmanager(2446) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:43:22 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: aslmanager(2446) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 17:43:22 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 17:43:22 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2446]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 17:44:33 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2475]: Formulating crash report for process aslmanager[2446]
Nov 16 17:44:34 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager[2446]): Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
Nov 16 17:44:34 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2475]: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/aslmanager2010-11-16-174433Macintosh-4.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Nov 16 17:56:42 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[82] (0x10a9e0.Locum[2486]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2476]: aslmanager(2476) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: aslmanager(2476) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2476]: aslmanager(2476) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: aslmanager(2476) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: aslmanager(2476) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 18:03:26 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2476]: aslmanager(2476) malloc: * mmap(size=3778068480) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 18:06:24 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2499]: process 2313 is being monitored
Nov 16 18:07:26 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2499]: process 2313 is being no longer being monitored
Nov 16 18:07:44 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2499]: process 2313 is being monitored
Nov 16 18:08:02 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2499]: process 2313 is being no longer being monitored
Nov 16 18:08:24 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2499]: process 2313 is being monitored
Nov 16 18:08:30 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/spindump[2499]: process 2313 is being no longer being monitored
Nov 16 18:11:16 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[82] ([0x0-0xd00d0].org.mozilla.firefox[2313]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 16 18:13:03 ip68-108-69-78 quicklookd[2507]: [QL ERROR] 'Creating thumbnail' timed out for '<QLThumbnailRequest <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="file://">file://localhost/Users/***/Sites/index.html>'
Nov 16 18:13:08 ip68-108-69-78 login[2513]: USER_PROCESS: 2513 ttys000
Nov 16 18:13:30 ip68-108-69-78 Finder[105]: [QL ERROR] Generator database update takes too long... we will use what we currently have
Nov 16 18:13:41: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 16 18:13:41 ip68-108-69-78 aslmanager[2476]: aslmanager(2476) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)\n* error: can't allocate region\n* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 18:13:41 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: aslmanager(2476) malloc: * mmap(size=4294901760) failed (error code=12)
Nov 16 18:13:41 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: * error: can't allocate region
Nov 16 18:13:41 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.aslmanager[2476]: * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
Nov 16 18:14:32 ip68-108-69-78 GrandPerspective[2524]: Scanning entire volume / [Macintosh HD].
Nov 16 18:14:32 ip68-108-69-78 GrandPerspective[2524]: Allocating tree in default memory zone.
Nov 16 18:14:45 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2528]: Formulating crash report for process aslmanager[2476]
Nov 16 18:14:45 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager[2476]): Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
Nov 16 18:14:45 ip68-108-69-78 ReportCrash[2528]: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/aslmanager2010-11-16-181445Macintosh-4.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Nov 16 18:19:34 ip68-108-69-78 /usr/sbin/ocspd[2535]: starting
Nov 16 18:19:35 ip68-108-69-78 Help Viewer[2534]: Error trying to read /Users/***/Library/Caches/com.apple.helpui/Activity Monitor Help/ActivityMonitorHelp.helpindex.temporary: * -initForReadingWithData: nil argument
Nov 16 18:20:03: --- last message repeated 6 times ---
Nov 16 18:20:03 ip68-108-69-78 GrandPerspective[2524]: Done scanning: 148064 folders scanned (62 skipped) in 331.12s.
Nov 16 18:31:38 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
Nov 16 18:31:38 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
Nov 16 18:31:43 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: BootCacheControl: could not open /var/db/BootCache.playlist: No such file or directory
Nov 16 18:31:43 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: BootCacheControl: could not unlink playlist /var/db/BootCache.playlist: Unknown error: -1
Nov 16 18:31:44 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/machinit.d/airportwps.plist
Nov 16 18:31:44 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
Nov 16 18:31:44 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.blued): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Nov 16 18:31:44 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.RemoteDesktop.PrivilegeProxy): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Nov 16 18:31:44 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.usbmuxd): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Nov 16 18:31:44 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Nov 16 18:31:44 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Nov 16 18:31:44 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.x.privileged_startx): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kextd[10]: 433 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: UHCI Root Hub Simulation: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: IR Receiver: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: UHCI Root Hub Simulation: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: IOUSBWirelessControllerDevice: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: EHCI Root Hub Simulation: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: Built-in iSight: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 14
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: IOUSBInterface: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:46: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: Apple Internal Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: Touchpad: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: IOUSBInterface: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: Apple Internal Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: AppleTyMCEDriver::probe(MacBookPro1,1)
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: AppleTyMCEDriver::probe fails
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:46 localhost kernel[0]: IOUSBInterface: family specific matching fails
Nov 16 18:31:47: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 16 18:31:47 localhost com.apple.kextd[10]: 16AtherosInterface is not compatible with its superclass, 16IO80211Interface superclass changed?
Nov 16 18:31:47 localhost kextd[13]: a link/load error occured for kernel extension /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros54 24.kext
Nov 16 18:31:47 localhost kernel[0]: ath_attach: devid 0x1c
Nov 16 18:31:48 localhost kernel[0]: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
Nov 16 18:31:49 localhost bootlog[38]: BOOT_TIME: 1289961093 0
Nov 16 18:31:50 localhost fseventsd[29]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (97853 17 97892)
Nov 16 18:31:50 localhost fseventsd[29]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: 8A9E53F0-C08C-42C1-B283-2F44E175ACAA
Nov 16 18:31:50 localhost rpc.statd[20]: statd.notify - no notifications needed
Nov 16 18:31:54 localhost DirectoryService[34]: Launched version 5.8.1 (v514.27)
Nov 16 18:31:56 localhost DirectoryService[34]: Improper shutdown detected
Nov 16 18:31:58 localhost kextd[10]: writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
Nov 16 18:31:59 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[25]: Login Window Application Started -- Threaded auth
Nov 16 18:32:00 localhost kernel[0]: yukon: Ethernet address 00:16:cb:a6:4c:a5
Nov 16 18:32:00 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Athr5424ab: Ethernet address 00:17:f2:45:da:c8
Nov 16 18:32:00 localhost blued[46]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started.
Nov 16 18:32:05 localhost mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-176.3 (Sep 30 2008 16:59:38)[24]: starting
Nov 16 18:32:06 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en1
Nov 16 18:32:06 localhost com.apple.usbmuxd[17]: usbmuxd-201 built for iTunesTen on Aug 12 2010 at 17:33:03, running 32 bit
Nov 16 18:32:07 localhost configd[36]: AppleTalk startup
Nov 16 18:32:07 Macintosh-4 configd[36]: setting hostname to "Macintosh-4.local"
Nov 16 18:32:07 Macintosh-4 airportd[53]: AirPort off, bailing - GetPower() = off (0)
Nov 16 18:32:07 Macintosh-4 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleYukon2]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, Symmetric flow-control, Debug [796d,6d0c,0de1,0200,45e1,4000]
Nov 16 18:32:11 Macintosh-4 configd[36]: subnet_route: write routing socket failed, Network is unreachable
Nov 16 18:32:11 Macintosh-4 /usr/sbin/ocspd[69]: starting
Nov 16 18:32:12 ip68-108-69-78 configd[36]: setting hostname to "ip68-108-69-78.lv.lv.cox.net"
Nov 16 18:32:13 ip68-108-69-78 configd[36]: AppleTalk startup complete
Nov 16 18:32:13 ip68-108-69-78 configd[36]: AppleTalk shutdown
Nov 16 18:32:13 ip68-108-69-78 configd[36]: AppleTalk shutdown complete
Nov 16 18:32:17 ip68-108-69-78 sandbox-compilerd[41]: bootstraplook_up_peruser slow answer, took 11.717081 seconds, shouldn't have taken more then 5
Nov 16 18:32:36 ip68-108-69-78 loginwindow[25]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Nov 16 18:32:38 ip68-108-69-78 authorizationhost[84]: MechanismInvoke 0x12aab0 retainCount 2
Nov 16 18:32:38 ip68-108-69-78 SecurityAgent[86]: MechanismInvoke 0x101600 retainCount 1
Nov 16 18:32:38 ip68-108-69-78 SecurityAgent[86]: MechanismDestroy 0x101600 retainCount 1
Nov 16 18:32:38 ip68-108-69-78 authorizationhost[84]: MechanismDestroy 0x12aab0 retainCount 2
Nov 16 18:32:38 ip68-108-69-78 loginwindow[25]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Nov 16 18:32:38 ip68-108-69-78 loginwindow[25]: USER_PROCESS: 25 console
Nov 16 18:32:39 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[81]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 16 18:32:39 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[91]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/machinit_peruser.d/RemoteUI.plist
Nov 16 18:32:39 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[88] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Nov 16 18:32:39 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[88] (org.x.startx): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Nov 16 18:32:39 ip68-108-69-78 airportd[53]: AirPort off, bailing - GetPower() = off (0)
Nov 16 18:32:51 ip68-108-69-78 KernelEventAgent[26]: tid 00000000 received VQ_LOWDISK event (4)
Nov 16 18:32:52 ip68-108-69-78 fseventsd[29]: log dir: /Volumes/PHONE/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 89D4642C-EB05-46B5-9AFF-395C0FDF2FD4
Nov 16 18:32:55 ip68-108-69-78 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[45]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(***'s Public Folder) returned -14135
Nov 16 18:33:17 ip68-108-69-78 loginwindow[25]: Unable to resolve startup item: status = -43, theURL == NULL = 1
Nov 16 18:33:21 ip68-108-69-78 mdworker[75]: (Error) SyncInfo: Catalog changed during searchfs too many time. Falling back to fsw search /
Nov 16 18:33:22 ip68-108-69-78 /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[1 06]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 16 18:33:22 ip68-108-69-78 /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[1 06]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 16 18:33:26 ip68-108-69-78 quicklookd[126]: [QL ERROR] 'Creating thumbnail' timed out for '<QLThumbnailRequest /Users/***/Desktop/AGW Consensus NOT.doc>'
Nov 16 18:33:53 ip68-108-69-78 quicklookd[136]: [QL ERROR] 'Creating thumbnail' timed out for '<QLThumbnailRequest /Users/***/Desktop/downton_abbey.s01E06 si hunt.avi>'
Nov 16 18:34:28 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[88] (0x1097d0.Locum[141]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 16 18:37:49 ip68-108-69-78 Dock[105]: [QL ERROR] Generator database update takes too long... we will use what we currently have
Nov 16 18:39:09 ip68-108-69-78 com.apple.launchd[88] (0x109650.Locum[158]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 16 18:41:10 ip68-108-69-78 kernel[0]: AppleYukon2 - en0 link down
Nov 16 18:41:14 Macintosh-4 configd[36]: setting hostname to "Macintosh-4.local"
Nov 16 18:41:53 Macintosh-4 ntpd[15]: sendto(17.151.16.22) (fd=23): No route to host
Nov 16 18:46:30 Macintosh-4 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleYukon2]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, Symmetric flow-control, Debug [796d,6d4c,05e1,0200,45e1,4000]
Nov 16 18:46:30 ip68-108-69-78 configd[36]: setting hostname to "ip68-108-69-78.lv.lv.cox.net"
Nov 16 18:47:10 ip68-108-69-78 [0x0-0x1e01e].org.mozilla.firefox[178]: Debugger() was called!

Sending document to only Private folder using SO_OBJECT_SEND

Hi ,
I am able to send a mail to SAP Office private folder according to my requirement .
The issue is:
1)The mail is going to both the INBOX and the Private folder.
I want to restrict the mail to INBOX..and it shud only got to PRivate folder directly.
2) Can i add the message attributes(as it to Inbox(read,unread) to the private folders i have created.
Thanks and Regards,
KC

Edited by: Krupaji on Feb 10, 2010 10:15 AM

"private" folder has appeared after restore to internal HDD

Dear Forum,
I was using a FW400 drive as a boot drive (the original internal HDD was too small and slow), but that got filled up pretty quickly so I took a deep breath and changed out the HDD from my MacBook Pro. I followed the Restore procedure for Time Machine and after a few hours I got my Mac back. The only thing is I now have a private folder visible when I double click the internal HDD icon (excuse me if that is not too clear, where the Applications, Desktop, Library, System, Users folders reside there is now a folder called private (Get Info Size 4.08GB.) I swear this has just appeared. Is this folder usually in this place and I have simply not noticed? I must admit it has got me second guessing myself.
Another strange occurrence, but in the same place a is blank icon entitled Envelope Index. I have made a copy and opened it and found this and only this line: SQLite format 3@. What on earth is it and do I need it?
Cheers.

Larry Cohen1 wrote:
Thanks very much for the kind words.
We have several Macs here, all running the latest Leopard, well cared for with the latest software. We backup our machines eery day with TM and once a week or so with SuperDuper, an excellent cloning program. So we back them up twice, using different technologies. (just being extra careful!)
Excellent strategy. Many of us do the same (I use CarbonCopyCloner).
For maintenance, we zero our drives once or twice a year, and restore either using Time Machine, or SuperDuper.
Is that really necessary? Have you considered using OnyX or a similar app to clean some things up, or manually doing some clean-up instead?
But WHY does the Public folder come up now? It didn't used to 6 months ago when we restored the same way. TM was perfect then.
Seems to be rather rare. I don't recall more than a couple or three posts here in the last year or so. Sorry, but I have no idea why it happens.
Also, when we restore using TM (and we back up everything on the HD) - when we open MAIL it wants us to restore all emails or reimport them, or something. I didn't bother - just cloned back from SuperDuper, where there are no 'issues'.
I've only seen a brief message (I forget now just what), clicked OK, and it was fine. I think it's related to Time Machine automatically omitting ~/Library/Mail/Envelope Index and ~/Library/Mail/AvailableFeeds, thus needing to rebuild them after a restore. TM does automatically omit several things that aren't needed or can be easily rebuilt, such as system work files, most logs and caches, Spotlight indexes, trash, etc.
So what's the story with MAIL wanting you to reimport emails? I don't recall TM doing that before either?
Next time it happens, get the exact wording, so we can tell if it's really a problem or just something being rebuilt.
Thanks so much for your knowledgeable input. I'm just curious why things aren't working so well. Is it Snowie? Maybe with regular leopard it worked better? I forget.
Depends who you talk to! Some folks had problems on Leo that were fixed on SL; others found new problems with SL. My guess is, overall it's a toss-up.

Private folder (200GB)

Hi,
I was reading about the 'private folder' from other topics, but I still do not know what to do with mine.
Inside it there is a folder called "folders" with 189.5 gb, and a folder called "vm" with 10.6gb.
folders/60/w3cpz6754zb866y3thzz2f2h0000gn/T has 187.9 gb, once there are hundreds hidden folders named .vbfolder_XXXX with .mgz files with up to 402.6mb each. I accessed the hidden folders using Daysi Disk. Some of its names remind me of some files used in the processing of medical imaging I have been doing in the las months, but I would like to be sure that these files are not part of the system / OS X before deleting them (I have every data I need backed up thrice). Any help?
Regards,
Pedro

Please read this whole message carefully, especially the warnings, before doing anything.
1. I can only guess which of the modifications you've made to your system is causing the problem. The changes suggested here should be considered provisional; they may not help, or they may remove functionality that you find useful. If a third-party system modification that you want to keep is at fault, refer to its developer for support.
2. WARNING: Back up all data now if you haven’t already done so. Before proceeding, you must be sure you can restore your system to its present state, even if it becomes unbootable. If you’re not sure you can do that, STOP — DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING. If you’re dissatisfied with the results of the procedure suggested below, restore from your backup. I will not be responsible for the consequences, and I will not be able to help, if you ignore this warning.
3. You should either remove or update the following system modification(s), if an update is available from the developer:
N/A
and definitely remove at least the following:
† Kaspersky
† MacKeeper
† VirusBarrier
4. Whatever you remove must be removed completely, and (unless otherwise specified in this message) the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the third-party developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job. I can't be more specific, because I don't install such things myself. Please do your own research.
You will generally have to reboot after uninstalling a system modification. Until you do that, the uninstallation may have no effect, or unpredictable effects.
Here are some general guidelines to get you started. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickYourMac.” First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickyourmac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, contact the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickYourMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickYourMac.” If not, open “BrickYourMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button.
Again, please don't ask me to do this research for you. You can do it better than I can, because I haven't installed the product and I may not even know what it is.
If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase your boot volume and perform a clean reinstallation of OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
WARNING: Trying to remove complex system modifications by hunting for files by name often will not work and may make the problem worse. The same goes for "utilities" that purport to remove software.
5. I recommend that you never reinstall the modifications marked with a dagger (†) above, if any. If your problem is resolved after uninstalling all the above modifications and rebooting, but you still want to use some of those not marked with a dagger, you can experiment with putting them back, one at a time, testing carefully after each step. Keep in mind that system modifications may be incompatible with each other or with future OS X updates, so it may not be clear which one is at fault.
6. If you still have problems after making the suggested changes and rebooting, post again. Remember: if you don’t like the results of this procedure, you can undo it by restoring from the last backup you made before you started.
Remove Kaspersky Security by following the instructions on this page. If you have a different version of the product, the procedure may be different.
Remove Intego "VirusBarrier" by following the instructions on this page. If you have a different version of the product, the procedure may be different.
Remove "MacKeeper" as follows.
"MacKeeper" has only one useful feature: it deletes itself.
Note: These instructions apply to the version of the product that I downloaded and tested in early 2012. I can't be sure that they apply to other versions.
IMPORTANT: "MacKeeper" has what the developer calls an “encryption” feature. In my tests, I didn't try to verify what this feature really does. If you used it to “encrypt” any of your files, “decrypt” them before you uninstall, or (preferably) restore the files from backups made before they were “encrypted.” As the developer is not trustworthy, you should assume that the "decrypted" files are corrupt unless proven otherwise.
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Applications
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-A. The "MacKeeper" application is in the folder that opens. Quit it if it's running, then drag it to the Trash. You'll be prompted for your login password. Click the Uninstall MacKeeper button in the dialog that appears. All the functional components of the software will be deleted. Reboot.
Failure to remove MacKeeper will result from neglecting any one of these points:
Quit MacKeeper before dragging it to the Trash.
Don't empty the Trash after dragging the application to it. Let MacKeeper delete itself.
Don't try to drag the MacKeeper icon in the Dock to the Trash.
Here are some general suggestions. If you want your computer to be usable, don't install crapware, such as “themes,” "haxies," “add-ons,” “toolbars,” “enhancers," “optimizers,” “accelerators,” "boosters," “extenders,” “cleaners,” "doctors," "tune-ups," “defragmenters,” “firewalls,” "barriers," “guardians,” “defenders,” “protectors,” most “plugins,” commercial "virus scanners,” "disk tools," or "utilities." With very few exceptions, this stuff is useless, or worse than useless.
The more actively promoted the product, the more likely it is to be garbage. The most extreme example is the “MacKeeper” scam.
The only software you should install is that which directly enables you to do the things you use a computer for — such as creating, communicating, and playing — and does not modify the way other software works. Never install any third-party software unless you know how to uninstall it.

Private Folder - What can I delete?

So my Private folder contains about 56 GB of my hardrive. Most of it is in Private/var/log/asl (53 GB).
What is this used for?
Can I delete it without problems? At least the asl part?

The "private" folder is part of the Unix side of OS X. Deleting anything would not be wise. The "asl" folder contains a record of everything that has been installed on your computer. It is what Software Update relies on to determine what upgrades are required, if any. However, 53 GBs in the folder seems a bit odd. Perhaps you could peak inside the folder to see what particular file(s) is using so much disk space. Although deleting the contents of the "asl" folder won't cause great harm, it will cause Software Update and other applications to "forget" what's been installed or updated.

Error in Creation of Private folder in Easy DMS

Dear Friends,
I got the following error while creating private folder for a new user.
Folder Creation failed; check the logs under SLG1 Tx for more information.
While checking SLG1 transaction in SAP I found the following info for the user:
Identification
Object________________ CIF (Core Interface Application Log Object)
Subobject_____________ T_CLAF (Classification)
External ID___________
Log number____________ 00000000000003867077
Created:
Date__________________ 20100628
Time__________________ 095056
User__________________ DMS_USER4
Transaction code______
Program_______________ SAPLCIFG
Operating mode________ D (Dialog processing)
Status:
Expiry date___________ 20100705
Keep until expiry_____
Processing status_____
Regards,
Sai Krishna

Hi Sai,
I hope that the documentation of the authorization object C_STUE_BER could be useful for you.
This authorization object allows you to restrict maintenance of bills of material.
The system checks this authorization when you call a transaction for maintaining bills of material. If the authorization group is changed while the BOM is being maintained, the system checks the authorization again.
Defined fields
The table below shows the fields and values of the authorization object.
Fields          Possible         Description
ACTVT            01               Create
(Activity)        02               Change
                        03               Display
                        06               Delete
                        24               Create archive file
                        41               Delete from database
STLTY              M              Material BOM
(BOM cat.)        E              Equipment BOM
                          D              Document structure
                          K              Sales order BOM
                          S              Standard BOM
                          T              Functional location BOM
STLAN   These values are defined in Customizing.
(BOM usage)
BEGRU        0000-ZZZZ      Used to make additional
(Authorization                     restrictions on authorizations
group)                                for maintaining individual BOMs
                                           (BOM header).
In transaction SU56 you can also display the whole authorization of an user regarding its authorizations.
Best regards,
Christoph

Mac OS 10.5 / I deleted the " Private" folder ... and emptied the trash. So the folder and its contents no longer exists on my computer at all !!! I do have the OS dvd that i purchased years ago... But my computer will not start from it on its own. My

Mac OS 10.5 /
I deleted the " Private" folder ... and emptied the trash. So the folder and its contents no longer exists on my computer at all !!!
I do have the OS 10.5 dvd that i purchased years ago...
But my computer will not start from it on its own.
My question is what is the open source or terminal language code used to tell my mac to look in the DVD rom drive for startup info? I know that im not the only person in this world who has deleted the "PRIVATE" folder and emptied the trash so it no longer exists on their machine...
That said theres gotta be a common fix for a Power PC G4 that has the OS X dvd in the rom drive but wont look to it to reinstall the vital contents of the PRIVATE folder.
Once again there is not a copy of this file or its contents in the recycle bin...
Also rebooting the machine , pressing and holding the letter C does not prompt the machine to look to the dvd rom drive.
I was reinstalling pro tools and figured I would make some room by cleaning my computers HD...
Lol It was a bad choice to delete this file ...
Thanks guys

Okay sorry it took forever to respond... But for a while there I gave up on this computer!!!!
Money's been tight lately , so taking it in to a professional was not yet an option... though I did consider it eventhough.
Anyway long story short im glad I didnt spend any money because I already had all the tools necessary to fix this issue but was going about it in the wrong way. Okay so here is my scenario and the breakdown... Though this may not fix the issue for everyone :( which *****... But I know we all will have different circumstances.
Anyway here we go...
Okay so first things first.... Years ago I purchased the OS 10.5.1 disk ... So that has always been in my possession!!!!
I realize that some may not have a disk to reflash your OS to your hard drive... but if you do your in luck.
2ndly ... I had an external harddrive with all of my itunes downloaded music so it was more than okay with me to delete my primary HD because all the important stuff could either be copied over or repathed to be located.
-------If you dont want to read through the whole story the fix is summed up in the bottom section-------
Okay so now the SOLUTION!!!!
By trial and error , and pure boredom I opened up my computer to clean the inside...
AND
"Disconnected the primary HD"
and just because ....... REBOOTED my computer. Just to see what it would do.
Upon restart and though it looked like it would repeat its usual cycle...
About 1 minute in to that process my computer froze for about 2 seconds and flashed to the OS installation screen.
Mind you I havent seen this screen yet... Probably hasnt been since I installed the OS years ago.
After a bit of trial and error...
I decided to tell my computer to startup from the OS 10.5 disk located in my dvd rom drive and restarted once again...
this setting is under
Utilities / startup disk
After a little more trial and error ... I realized that I could reconnect the primary HD , restart the machine and return to the OS installation menu.
So upon this discovery
I went to the Disk Utility located under Utilities
Highlighted my primary HD located in the left hand column
Once highlighted ...
In the heading section on the right I selected the option
Erase
in which I erased My current OS on my primary HD ...
I used the first option in the list under security... Because it seemed like the least invasive and would take the least amount of time to see if this process would actually work.
I FORGOT to add something...
Another reason why I deleted my primary HD!!!!!
I forgot to say that it WOULD NOT!!!!! Show up in the STARTUP list as an option...Even After multiple reboots....
But like clockwork... Once I deleted its name IT SHOWED UP as an option!!!!
So back to the next step...
I returned to the STARTUP option under utilities ... And was then able to see MY primary HD now as a startup option...
But ofcourse it had no name because it we previously erased it.
So when Clicking my newly erased HD ... I was almost immediately prompted to REINSTALL the OS ...
Which said it would take about 57 minutes ... But I believe was alot less...
My issue was resolved ... My computer then stated the install was SUCCESSFUL!!!!!!! :))))))))))) lol ;)
It was like I was setting up for the first time ;) asking for my registration info...
The dilemma of deleting the private folder and emptying the trash is finally over resolved. Done ... and no extra money spent!!!!!!!!!
Its really crazy that the information for such a simple thing is not readily available. Especially being such a simple fix.
I know im not the only person who's had this issue , because i've seen numerous posts with similar wording.
I also know I wont be the last person to have this issue... So I hope this synopsis makes sense.
-------One more time the fix------
*Insert your OS dvd into your dvd rom drive.
*Unplug your primary HD or corrupted startup disk
*Reboot your machine...
Upon restart your primary HD will not be recognized...
* you will then be prompted to select your language.
Once selected
*Click Utilities/startup... Highlight the the selection that refers to the OS dvd located in the dvd rom drive.
* Click restart...
!!!!!!!!!!Be sure to reconnect your Primary HD Before your computer restarts and you hear the chime!!!!!!!!
If you do not replug your HD before the chime it will not be recognized.
In that case restart again.
Upon restart once again
*Choose your language...
*Click Utilities / disk utility
In the left column select and
*Highlight your HD ...
Then towards the top portion / center of the page
*Click the heading Erase
Then on the page toward the bottom
*Click security options
This will then provide erase options.
I USED THE FIRST OPTION
"Dont erase data"...
*click OK
* click erase...
Once erased which should take a few seconds
*Cancel the disk utility...
* Click Utilities / startup
And your newly erased HD should now appear in the list.
* Select your drive from the list by highlighting
It should no longer have a name.
*Once selected, you will then be prompted to restart and install the OS to your newly erased HD...
Thats it!!!!
Once everything reinstalls re-add your personal info or registration info and you are up and running.
Goodluck ;)

Avoid creation of Private Folder

Hello,
We are using EasyDMS and I would like all my users to use the public folder only. Is there a way to disable the request to create private folder when a user is accessing the Easy DMS for the first time?
Regards,
Yossef

hi
you can check function modile z_easydms_showrootfolders to accomplish this.
Refer to note 779645
rgds
anu

I have deleted my private folder and do not have enough space to reinstall my operating system. How can i transfer files from my hard drive to an USB drive to free up space when the operating system isn't working. or do i need to erase disk?

i have deleted my private folder and do not have enough space to reinstall my operating system. How can i transfer files from my hard drive to an USB drive to free up space when the operating system isn't working. or do i need to erase disk through disk utilities without erasing data (but will it delete my programs such as photoshop, office, creative suite?

Connect the computer to another Mac and put it in FireWire Target Disk mode, or use the Disk Utility to clone the drive or image specific folders with the USB drive as the target. After you've copied off everything you want, you'll likely need to erase the drive and reinstall the applications.
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When working in literoom 3.6 or 4.0 (I have both) use mostly 3.6 ...

When working in literoom 3.6 or 4.0 (I have both) use mostly 3.6 ... if you have finished working with a group of imported files and want to clean up all the libraries in the left column knowing that I would just re-import the photos if I chose to work them agan from scratch, HOW DO YOU CLEAN UP the lirary. Most times I work with photos and do not need to save the library or catalog or whatever you call it that stores the settings done to a group of photos imported. Thanks.

I have 10s of 1000s of photos in my Lightroom catalog and don’t generally remove them other than a years worth at a time as my working hard-drive fills up, but I always have at least the last year or two of photos online in my current LR catalog.
What I do to make some order of things and allow myself to find the newest photos is to segregate each group of photos I’ve taken by creating a foldername consisting of the date and subject/event/photoshoot-name and further group those date-subject folders into another folder named for the year and month and finally group all the months for a year under a single folder for that year. . For example:
Pictures
   2013
      2013-06_June2013
      2013-07_July2013
        2013-07-14_GonnermanWedding
         2013-07-20_JiggeryPokery
I usually am only working on one set of folders and a time and collapse the other months’ folders.

Can't locate Private folder to delete files

After getting a warning that my startup disk was almost full, I discovered that the reason was one very large folder that contained most of the contents of a previous computer. I had put it there three years ago when I bought this MacBook and forgotten all about it. The folder showed up on the left side of the finder and on the desktop. I put both icons in the trash and emptied it. The folders disappeared but the disk remained almost full.
Disk Inventory X tells me that I now have 129 GB in a folder called Private. Inside that folder, Var contains the 129 GB, then Log has 126.6 GB, and finally system.log.1 (89.1 GB) and system.log.0 (35.7 GB) are the apparent culprits. I don't know how I can have 124.8 GB of messages, but given that the hard disk has a capacity of 150 GB, this is obviously the reason it is still almost full. Somehow my deletion of this morning seems to have generated a mass of log messages in its wake.
But how to erase them? I can't find any hint of their existence in Finder or Spotlight.

I've solved this. After I posted I followed a suggested item that came up on the right of the screen and discovered all I had to do was *Go to Folder*. Type /private/var/. This led me to the rogue files (which in fact were not created today, but recently) and delete them.
Of course, I don't know what created them in the first place, so I may not be out of the woods yet.

I deleted my private folder how do I restore it without losing everything?

I restored my system through time capsule and everything was fine. I was browsing my hard drive labeled "Macintosh HD" a short time ago and noticed a folder called "private".
This is a folder I have never seen before, and foolishly I just deleted it. It is still sitting in my recycle bin, but when I click "put back" or try and copy and paste it back into its original spot it prompts for my administrator password. For some reason it is not accepting my administrator password, I don't know why it isn't, but it isn't.
I have since read that it is very bad to delete the "private" folder however I really can't afford right now to reinstall another time capsule backup and lose more downtime.
How can I replace my private folder? I have a Snow Leopard install disk on hand, and the computer is still running. If I restart my computer without fixing anything it's going to probably not start up because I trashed this important folder. Is there a way I can re-copy this folder from my Snow Leopard install disk or from my time capsule backup?
And for some reason now Terminal is not working, it must be, because the private folder has been deleted..
NEED HELP!

yes, it's very bad to touch this folder and the reason your admin password is not working is because this folder contains some important files governing how an admin password can be used. you can put it back by booting from the SL install DVD and doing it from there using terminal.
insert the install DVd, reboot and hold "c" at the chime. this will boot you into SL installer. once there start terminal from Utilities menu and enter the following command
cp -rf /Volumes/"drive name"/Users/username/.Trash/private /Volumes/"drive name"
put the name of your main hard drive in two places in that command. KEEP the quotes. also put the short name of your user instead of username in the command. It's VERY important to enter the command correctly. mind the spaces in the command.
to verify that the command worked run
ls -la /Volumes/"drive name"/private
after it's done. it should list the contents of the copied folder.

"private" folder on root directory of hard drive???

Ever since I resored my system using TimeMachine I've noticed now I have a "private" folder on my hard drive that wasn't there before? Is it safe to delete it, because whatever it is, I don't want it where it is. - I want it like before when whatever "private" is was not there.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Scott

Hi There
Under no circumstance should you delete the private folder, it contains vital operating system files. It is usually hidden by the system but for some reason it has become visible in the course of the Time Machine restore. You can use a utility like MacPilot to hide this folder again.
J.C

Private Folder Help (Again...)

Yes, I did it and now I am trying to recover my private folder from the trash. I have read several posts on here and other sites about how to move it from terminal and I can't seem to make it work. VK's help seems good and logical, but I am not sure why it is not working for me. I have verified that the private folder is in the trash via terminal and tried to move it with this command:
cp -rf /volumes/"mac hd"/users/arron/.trash/private /volumes/"mac hd"
"mac hd" is the name of my drive and arron is my user folder. This should work but all I keep getting is:
cp: /volumes/mac hd/private/var/vm/swapfile2: no such file or directory
Why is that? I can look into volumes/"mac hd"/users/arron/trash, so why can't I seem to move it?
Thanks for your help all!

cp: /volumes/mac hd/private/var/vm/swapfile2: no such file or directory
This doesn't make sense to me. I suggest you use *disk utility* to verify the file system. Perhaps the disk has become corrupted.
Why don't you do this from the finder? You can see hidden file in the finder.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
*Show hidden files & folders in finder*
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE ;killall Finder
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
*Normal display. Hide hidden files & folders in finder*
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE ;killall Finder
Here is how to simply typing of names.
Do you know about tabing? Type in a few letters of a name then press the tab key. The computer will type out the rest of the name if it is unique.
Press the up arrow(s) key to see the previous command(s).
history
to see many previous commands.
cp -rf /volumes/"mac hd"/users/arron/.trash/private /volumes/"mac hd"
It's upcase -R
Why the f? Make sure you are not overlaying an existing directory.
/volumes/"mac hd"/newName
I like the ditto command for copying files.
*Here is an overview of the commands.*
Lets assume that the problem account has a short user name of mac.
#Copy directory "/Applications/Applescript files" to
# directory "/Volumes/Spotless/Applescript files".
# "Spotless" is my flash drive.
ditto -X -rsrc /Applications/Applescript\ files /Volumes/Spotless/Applescript\ files
#cd is change directory
cd /Volumes/COPYIT/answers/
# pwd is print working directory
pwd
#the ls command is for list
# l is long
# F is type of file where / is directory
sh-2.05b# # Please note ls is the list command. l is a lower case L
sh-2.05b# ls -lF
Here is what these commands mean:
cd is change directory
pwd is a print working directory
ls is list
sudo is Super user do
cp is copy
copy a file example:
sh-2.05b#
sh-2.05b# cd /Volumes/Macintosh-HD/Users/mac/desktop
sh-2.05b# pwd
/Volumes/Macintosh-HD/Users/mac/desktop
sh-2.05b# cp -i answers.txt /Volumes/SpotMore
Will copy the file answers.txt in the directory SpotMore.
Some files have a space in the name. You need to escape. see example:
mac $ ls -l ~/"see it"
-rw-r--r-- 1 mac staff 3171 Oct 26 23:38 /Users/mac/see it
mac $
mac $ cd /Users/mac/Desktop/ttt\ html\ copy/
Do you know about tabing? Type in a few letters of a name then press the tab key. The computer will type out the rest of the name if it is unique.
The up arrow key will retrive the previous command. You the left arror and right arror keys to move around. Use the delete key to delete a character to the left.
<eol>
*More examples and moving around*
sh-2.05b# pwd
sh-2.05b# ls /Volumes
.Trashes Classic Macintosh-HD
._.Trashes Mac OS X Install DVD SpotMore
sh-2.05b#
sh-2.05b# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/disk4s3 2.6G 2.5G 89M 97% /
devfs 121K 121K 0B 100% /dev
fdesc 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev
<volfs> 512K 512K 0B 100% /.vol
/dev/disk5 467K 9.0K 435K 2% /Volumes
/dev/disk6 95K 64K 27K 70% /private/var/tmp
/dev/disk7 95K 14K 77K 15% /private/var/run
/dev/disk3s1 3.7G 1.3G 2.5G 34% /Volumes/SpotMore
/dev/disk0s10 1.1G 1.1G 3.4M 100% /Volumes/Classic
/dev/disk0s12 70G 45G 25G 65% /Volumes/Macintosh-HD
sh-2.05b#
sh-2.05b# cd /Volumes/SpotMore/
sh-2.05b# pwd
/Volumes/SpotMore
sh-2.05b# # Please note ls is the list command. l is a lower case L
sh-2.05b# ls -l
total 880
-rw-r--r-- 1 unknown unknown 6148 Sep 10 2010 .DS_Store
drw------- 4 unknown unknown 136 Aug 25 2010 .Spotlight-V100
drwxrwxrwt 3 unknown unknown 102 Sep 3 2010 .TemporaryItems
d-wx-wx-wt 3 unknown unknown 102 Sep 10 2010 .Trashes
drwx------ 3 unknown unknown 102 Sep 3 2010 Desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 unknown unknown 18944 Aug 27 2010 Desktop DB
-rw-r--r-- 1 unknown unknown 2 Jul 29 2010 Desktop DF
-rwxrwxrwx 1 unknown unknown 26281 Oct 27 2009 Warranty Information.PDF
drwxr-xr-x 13 unknown unknown 442 Aug 4 2010 backup
drwxr-xr-x 13 unknown unknown 442 Aug 4 2010 backupPrior
drwxr-xr-x 7 unknown unknown 238 Aug 27 2010 cons
drwxr-xr-x 65 unknown unknown 2210 Sep 4 2010 iMac-back
... clipped ...
sh-2.05b#
sh-2.05b# cd /Volumes/Macintosh-HD/Users/mac/desktop
sh-2.05b# pwd
/Volumes/Macintosh-HD/Users/mac/desktop
sh-2.05b# # Please note ls is the list command. l is a lower case L
sh-2.05b# ls
Z2300 iMac
.DS_Store move
.FBCIndex new Belward
.FBCLockFolder primary-comments-new copy.doc
Consolidate-rc primary-comments-new.doc
Downloads psc 1200
... clipped ...
sh-2.05b# ditto -X -rsrc iMac /Volumes/SpotMore/iMac-back
sh-2.05b#
sh-2.05b# # Please note ls is the list command. l is a lower case L
sh-2.05b# ls -h /Volumes/SpotMore/iMac-back/
total 2800
-rw-r--r-- 1 unknown unknown 24K Sep 12 2010 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1 unknown unknown 2K Apr 18 2010 Differentiate Between Models .html
... clipped ...
sh-2.05b# pwd
/Volumes/Macintosh-HD/Users/mac/desktop
sh-2.05b# ls
Z2300 iMac
.DS_Store move
.FBCIndex new Belward
.FBCLockFolder primary-comments-new copy.doc
... clipped ...
sh-2.05b#

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