maxgoedjen/secretive

macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Quarantine Problems: Agent won’t install

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#152 opened on Oct 10, 2020

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Description

macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Quarantine Problems: Agent won’t install

Installed using brew cask install secretive launched Secretive gui app and clicked Run Setup

Symptoms

On launch of Secretive gui app, orange band across the top: Secret Agent isn’t running. Run setup again to fix, action: Run Setup

tail -F /var/log/system.log displays:

Fix

as root: xattr -d -r -s com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Secretive.app

To never see the orange band again, add to the ~/.zshrc of your normal user:

Restart or re-Login

Check

if this directory does not exist: ls -ld ~/Library/Containers/com.maxgoedjen.Secretive.SecretAgent Ensure fix was completed then restart or re-Login

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Research direction
Remove the quarantine extended attribute from the Secretive app bundle using the 'xattr' command, and optionally set the SSH AUTH SOCK environment variable in the shell config to avoid future issues.
Tech stack
swift
Domain
desktopsecurityauthentication
Issue type
Bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
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Under 1 hour
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
macOSTerminal
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70