Lately I’ve encountered an Apple binary working on my system by way of Little Snitch which has an asterisk within the file path. This isn’t the primary time I’ve encountered this however it’s the first time I took screenshots.
My query is,
What does an asterisk denote in a file path within the following context – ..examplefolder/*/examplefolder
For the instance beneath, there is no such thing as a ‘*’ or “com.apple.MobileUpdate..” folder or file in /non-public/var/db/ in finder, and after I do sudo ls -l it reveals all of the information within the db folder however on the road earlier than the output it says
ls: DifferentialPrivacy: Operation not permitted
after which on the backside says
ls: fts_read: Operation not permitted
I do not get both of these two messages after I sudo ls -l different folders.
After I click on the little arrow in a circle the place it reveals the file path in little snitch, it does nothing.
As you may see, the binary is unsigned which is the explanation I used to be making an attempt to trace it down within the file system. It’s uncommon for a binary which I might assume is an Apple binary, to be unsigned.
The binary connects to xp.apple.com which isn’t sudden, however the servers up to now haven’t been Apple servers (they dont begin with 17.) however that is additionally not sudden.
I included all the extra info in order that if nobody is aware of the reply, some would possibly have the ability to speculate.
