imac acting up ... weird stuff. found this..help

[kgressm]

##
# User Database
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# Note that this file is consulted directly only when the system is running
# in single-user mode. At other times this information is provided by
# Open Directory.
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# See the opendirectoryd(8) man page for additional information about
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[hayne]

At a five second glance, I don't see anything weird in what you posted.

Please report the actual symptoms of the problems you are experiencing.
And be sure to tell us what specific model of iMac you have and what version of OS X you are running.

[brettgrant99]

I don't know. Those :D's, I mean look pretty suspicious

Brett

[acme.mail.order]

Read line 4-5 of the file. Does it apply to your situation? If not, move on.