> On Nov 3, 2014, at 1:16 AM, Julian Vrieslander <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I upgraded a Retina MacBook Pro from Mavericks to Yosemite. This computer has 
> Firewall enabled.  On the first reboot into Yosemite I encountered an alert 
> which requested permission for incoming connections to "emlog.pl".  This is a 
> perl script for the Event Monitor Log Scraper, described at
> 
> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/emlog.pl.8.html
>  
> <https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/emlog.pl.8.html>
> 
> The executable is at /usr/libexec/emlog.pl
> 
> I am currently working on two other Macs, a new Retina iMac which was shipped 
> with Yosemite, and an older MacBook Pro which was updated from Lion to 
> Yosemite.  All three Macs have emlog.pl.  But the Retina MacBook Pro is the 
> only one which wants incoming connections to that script.  It is also the 
> only one that has Xcode installed.  Does Xcode 6.1 need this function, 
> perhaps for remote debugging?  Or is something else going on?


I encountered the same alert on one of five Macs that I upgraded to Yosemite. 
My research wasn't as good as yours, and I couldn't find anything online 
telling me what "emlog.pi" is. I therefore assumed it was malware and refused 
to grant it permission. It's been a while now, and I don't see anything going 
wrong with that Mac.

Two of my Macs had Xcode installed, but only one of those Macs presented the 
alert. It was the Mac on which I actually use Xcode; on the other Mac, Xcode 
just sits there in case I need it someday, although it is fully configured. I 
thought I looked for emlog.pi and found it only on the first Mac, but now I see 
that it is on the other one, too.

So I'm interested in the answer to your question, too.

-- 

Bill Cheeseman - [email protected]

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