Thanks to all who offered advice publicly and privately. Not sure how to follow John's instructions; I selected add, but found no group named wheel or user named "system". The only available group was "administrators".
What next? Maybe reinstall the HP driver? On Jan 21, 2011, at 5:30 PM, Jon Cohn wrote: > Yes this is associated with HP printers. > > I looked at a startup item I had and besides the permissions you need to have > the User as system and the group as wheel... > > > On Jan 21, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > >> Thanks John and Carolyn, >> >> Repairing permissions had no affect. I'm not sure where this item came >> from; I gather others do not have HP Trap monitor placed in their >> library/startup items folder? If so, perhaps the installation of my HP all >> in one driver was the culpret, and I can just delete it and reinstall the >> driver if doing so adversely affects printing? >> >> Best regards. >> Geoff >> >> On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: >> >>> Hi Geoff: >>> >>> Just to add to John's comment: >>> I've been told it's always a good idea to reaper permissions after >>> reinstalling anything. It helps assimilate any updates that might not be >>> congruent with the initial software. >>> >>> Carolyn H >>> On Jan 21, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >>> >>>> Is this an application you need? It sounds almost like an SNMP manager. >>>> Apple has been locking down programs that could allow malware to get into >>>> the system. Startup items are a good place for this to happen. I suggest >>>> trying to run the Repair permissions in the Disk Utility. >>>> >>>> Let me know if you need some more help. >>>> >>>> Jon >>>> >>>> On 20 January 2011 22:25, Geoff Waaler <geoff.waa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> After reinstalling SnowLeopard I receive the following upon system startup: >>>> >>>> Insecure startup item disabled. >>>> “/Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor” has not been started because it >>>> does not have the proper security settings. >>>> >>>> According to my friendly search engin, similar problems were resolved by >>>> verifying that the permissions for the folder and all items within were >>>> set to: >>>> System=Read/Write >>>> Admin and everyone = ReadOnly. >>>> >>>> This solution is not working here and I didn't see anything else that >>>> matched the problem as closely. TIA for any other suggestions. >>>> >>>> Geoff >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
