I’m not sure when this started, but I just noticed this in my log file, on NERV.
3/31/09 6:06:14 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506[40370]) getpwuid("506") failedÂ
3/31/09 6:06:14 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506[40370]) PID 1104 "lssave" has no account to back it! Real/effective/saved UIDs: 506/506/506Â
3/31/09 6:06:14 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506[40370]) Exited with exit code: 1Â
3/31/09 6:06:14 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506[40370]) Exited with exit code: 1Â
3/31/09 6:06:14 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 secondsÂ
3/31/09 6:06:16 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:17 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:18 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:18 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:21 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:22 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:22 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
3/31/09 6:06:22 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:22 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:23 AM com.apple.launchd[168] (0x410690.Locum[40371]) Exited: TerminatedÂ
3/31/09 6:06:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506[40372]) getpwuid("506") failedÂ
3/31/09 6:06:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506[40372]) PID 1104 "lssave" has no account to back it! Real/effective/saved UIDs: 506/506/506Â
3/31/09 6:06:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506[40372]) Exited with exit code: 1Â
3/31/09 6:06:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 secondsÂ
3/31/09 6:06:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 secondsÂ
3/31/09 6:06:26 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:27 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:27 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:27 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:31 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)Â
3/31/09 6:06:31 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
I solved these issues this morning, but please understand I wasn’t being very scientific in my morning rush…
3/31/09 6:06:16 AM mds[38] (Error) Import: importer:0x20b8800 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
This appears to be caused by Spotlight attempting to index your Time Machine drive… Â Or at least adding my Time Machine drive to the privacy tab of Spotlight seemed to resolve this issue…
3/31/09 6:06:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506[40372]) getpwuid("506") failedÂ
3/31/09 6:06:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506[40372]) PID 1104 "lssave" has no account to back it! Real/effective/saved UIDs: 506/506/506Â
3/31/09 6:06:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506[40372]) Exited with exit code: 1Â
3/31/09 6:06:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 secondsÂ
3/31/09 6:06:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.506) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
This issue is a little “hazy”, I just recently deleted a very old user from my previous computer (that was migrated over using the Migration utility). Â So I suspect for some reason that user wasn’t deleted as cleanly as it should have been. Â So I went into the User preference, and added a new administrator account. Â Once I finished both of these, the errors stopped…
If anyone has any additional information regarding these log entries, feel free to leave a comment, or email me.
– Benjamin