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From: llvvll@mixcom.COM (James R. Macak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: virus? Finder wants res(sys) priveledges!
Summary: Problem w/ Sys. 6.0.7 vs. GateKeeper
Message-ID: <348@mixcom.COM>
Date: 6 Mar 91 14:52:17 GMT
References: <1991Mar6.041652.1442@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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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:

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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
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So all you need do is obtain GateKeeper Aid v. 1.1 and have it load _before_
GateKeeper.

Jim Macak


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