XPC Is the XProtect anti-malware service from Apple, difficult to say why it
would be crashing though. Sounds like the xpc server can't authenticate the
user with ID 502. Try system preferences > Users > right click each user >
advanced > which one has the ID 502?
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On 18 Aug 2013, at 13:40, Graham Street <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Sam
>
> Found it and 'force quit' the process. It restarted itself with a new PID
> number. However, no change. No SHARED heading in the Finder sidebar and no
> computers listed for sharing.
>
> I'm not certain, but its possible this has only been happening since late on
> 15 Aug when the computer ran really slowly and Finder eventually locked up.
> The console was filling with 100s of messages like the ones below. I had to
> force the Mac Pro off and then restart it. A Google search indicates this
> seems to be something to do with an opendirectoryd bug and may be unconnected
> to the problem I have now. Everything else seems fine..
>
> 15/08/2013 22:41:11.592 xpchelper: getpwuid_r() failed for UID: 502, ret: 0,
> errno: 0
> 15/08/2013 22:41:11.593 com.apple.launchd:
> (com.apple.xpchelper.F6010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[36039]) Exited with
> code: 1
> 15/08/2013 22:41:11.617 xpchelper: getpwuid_r() failed for UID: 502, ret: 0,
> errno: 0
> 15/08/2013 22:41:11.619 com.apple.launchd:
> (com.apple.xpchelper.F6010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[36040]) Exited with
> code: 1
>
> Regards, Graham
>
>
>> Sam - MacAmbulance 18 August 2013 13:17
>> Hi Graham
>>
>> Try Utilities > Activity Monitor > Restart the mdnsresponder process.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Sam
>>
>>
>>
>> MacAmbulance Ltd.
>> Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development
>>
>> Sam Mullen
>> +44 (0)7747778022
>> [email protected]
>> www.macambulance.co.uk
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>> Graham Street 18 August 2013 12:58
>> We have three computers on our network ... Mac Pro (Lion), iMac (Lion),
>> MacBookAir (Mountain Lion)
>> In System Preferences, Sharing ... all have File Sharing switched on.
>>
>> On the iMac, in Finder, you can see see the other 2 computers in the Sidebar
>> (under SHARED).
>> On the MacBook Air, you can also see the other 2 computers.
>> On the Mac Pro, neither of the other computers appears and neither does the
>> SHARED heading.
>> In the Mac Pro Finder Preferences (Sidebar) all the 'shared' options are
>> ticked.
>>
>> On the Mac Pro it was always possible to see the other two computers until
>> sometime in the last few days.
>> Anyone got any ideas what's gone wrong and/or what can fix this?
>>
>> Thanks, Graham
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