Removing stale network service entries
Removing stale network service entries
- Subject: Removing stale network service entries
- From: Peter Sichel <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:25:30 -0500
When you plug a USB-to-Ethernet adaptor into your computer for the
first time, a new service entry appears in the Network Preferences
Panel. I have a potential client who moves laptops between stations
with USB-to-Ethernet adaptors. As laptops move from station to
station, they accumulate a lot of stale service entries in the Network
Preferences Panel (for each USB adaptor they've seen). I'm looking
for ways to remove these service entries shortly after a USB-to-
Ethernet adaptor is unplugged.
I'm familiar with accessing the System Configuration Framework and
helped develop an Open Source driver for USB-to-Ethernet adaptors, so
I am able to tweak the driver if that would help.
I can imagine a small faceless application that listens for device
notifications and walks the network service order looking for inactive
service entries that meet some criteria and removes them, but that
seems a little awkward. Is there a more direct way to limit the
persistence of such entries before they pile up?
Thanks for any ideas.
- Peter Sichel
Sustainable Softworks
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