April 27, 2005 6:06 AM PDT
Mac OS X 10.3.9: CheckPoint Secure Client broken
Several readers report that CheckPoint's Secure Client (a VPN tool) is broken after installing Mac OS X 10.3.9.
Carl van Denzen writes:
"A few minutes after trying to start VPN (this happens automatically when I log in), it comes with a message box with title 'VPN-1 SecureClient Error' saying 'SecureClient services are down. Please reboot your machine to start them.'
Resources
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14%40334.yHrVaOHJXgM.1%40.68ac466a%2F0
When you read you need to this
Complete fix for this problem.
1.Create a text file wdog.sh
#!/bin/tcsh
cd /opt/CPsrsc-50/bin
while (1)
./SR_Service
end
2. Put it in /opt/CPsrsc-50/bin
3. chmod 755 /opt/CPsrsc-50/bin/wdog.sh
4. chown 0:0 /opt/CPsrsc-50/bin/wdog.sh
5. Edit /System/Library/StartupItems/SecureClient/SecureClient
6. Comment out
$SRDIR/bin/SR_Watchdog &> $SRDIR/log/ScBootlog.txt &
by adding # before it.
7. After that line add
$SRDIR/bin/wdog.sh &> $SRDIR/log/ScBootlog.txt &
8. Reboot and enjoy.