boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) (03/06/91)
Hi. The last posting was garbled, I see. Well, the gist was that after upgrading to system 6.0.7, Gatekeeper consistently complains that applications are trying to violate res(sys) priveledges. It seems to happen when they try to access a printer driver. Finder, Hypercard, all do this. If I grant Res(sys) privs, everything is fine. What gives? Disinfectant shows a clean disk, not even suspect files. ??? thanks in advance, John Boswell Dept. of Chemistry Dartmouth College, Hangover, Nude Hampster boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
llvvll@mixcom.COM (James R. Macak) (03/06/91)
In article <1991Mar6.041652.1442@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) writes: >Hi. > The last posting was garbled, I see. Well, the gist was that after >upgrading to system 6.0.7, Gatekeeper consistently complains that applications >are trying to violate res(sys) priveledges. It seems to happen when they >try to access a printer driver. Finder, Hypercard, all do this. If I grant >Res(sys) privs, everything is fine. What gives? Disinfectant shows a clean >disk, not even suspect files. ??? > >thanks in advance, This is due to a problem between GateKeeper v. 1.1.1 and System v. 6.0.7. The problem is fixed by a patch to GateKeeper that is applied by GateKeeper Aid v. 1.1. Here is the author's explanation of the problem: ----- Gatekeeper Aid 1.1 incorporates a retroactive fix for a conflict between Gatekeeper and System 6.0.7. This conflict manifests itself as Res(Sys) privilege violations (this conflict manifests itself when the ImageWriter printer is chosen and applications are executed under Finder, rather than MultiFinder). This was the side-effect of an unexpected change in Mac OS 6.0.7 and not a bug in GateKeeper. (c) 1990 by Chris Johnson ----- So all you need do is obtain GateKeeper Aid v. 1.1 and have it load _before_ GateKeeper. Jim Macak -- macak@mixcom.UUCP (James R. Macak) "I'm curious, Doctor, why is it uunet!uwm!mixcom!macak called 'M-5' and not 'M-1'?" << All my own opinions. >>
rsfinn@neutron.lcs.mit.edu (Russell S. Finn) (03/07/91)
In article <1991Mar6.041652.1442@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) writes: |> ... after |> upgrading to system 6.0.7, Gatekeeper consistently complains that applications |> are trying to violate res(sys) priveledges. It seems to happen when they |> try to access a printer driver. Finder, Hypercard, all do this. This is a known problem with GateKeeper 1.1.1 and System 6.0.7; try getting the latest version of Gatekeeper Aid (1.1) from the appropriate archives (e.g. sumex-aim.stanford.edu), which incorporates a "retroactive workaround" into GateKeeper to fix the problem. (Or switch to Disinfectant's INIT, which is what I do; it's nice to be able to protect against new viruses, but in my experience the updates to Disinfectant make it here long before the viruses do. Disinfectant INIT and Gatekeeper Aid work well together; Disinfectant INIT will block WDEF/MDEF/CDEF style viruses, but Gatekeeper Aid automatically removes them as well, which is handy given their virulent nature.) -- Russell Finn rsfinn@lcs.mit.edu
aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson) (03/09/91)
boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) writes: > The last posting was garbled, I see. Well, the gist was that after >upgrading to system 6.0.7, Gatekeeper consistently complains that applications >are trying to violate res(sys) priveledges. It seems to happen when they >try to access a printer driver. Finder, Hypercard, all do this. If I grant >Res(sys) privs, everything is fine. What gives? Disinfectant shows a clean >disk, not even suspect files. ??? 1. GateKeeper is to protect against unknown viruses wanting dangerous permissions. Granting permission left and right defeats this. You might as well remove GateKeeper. (If chrisj says anything different, he's right). 2. The latest, greatest versions of GateKeeper (including a fix for 6.0.7) are: GateKeeper 1.1.1 GateKeeper Aid 1.1 Get them, run them (first), live them. They can be found at many fine ftp sites, I recommend the excellent mirror of sumex-aim at: wuarchive.wustl.edu (mirrors/info-mac/virus/ gatekeeper-111.hqx gatekeeper-aid-11.hqx and since you're there: disinfectant-24.hqx). -- Brian Aslakson aslakson@cs.umn.edu mac-admin@cs.umn.edu <-= Macintosh related