ARDAgent - allow incoming connections alert won't stop

Hi Youngman,

I'm with the group of folks that your solution still doesn't appear to work for. I am noticing something odd though, that may have something to do with it.

First, I didn't check the owner and permissions on the /_CodeSignature folder before I deleted it, but I noticed that the other folders/files indside of "contents" are system:wheel and system is the only user with rw access.

When I deleted the /_CodeSignature folder it never came back. Not sure if permissions are off or we're in the wrong folder for leopard.

On a side note I am using the following command to stop and restart ARD Agent:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/k ickstart -agent -stop

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/k ickstart -restart -agent

Anyone have any ideas why the folder is not getting re-created?

Thanks,

Israel

I'm running 10.5.6 with Remote Management turned on under Sharing in System Preferences.
I too have deleted the suggested file and started and stopped ARDAgent to no avail. Every time my non-admin account logs in i get the 'allow?' dialogue box.
This question should not be flagged as 'answered'. Any more suggestions?

This is occurs on 50 or so of our Mac's running 10.5.6. I have tried all the listed fixes and now of them seem to stick long term. Any ideas?

I'm an Admin in an Advertising Agency having 100 macs to support.
It happens on all 10.5.5 and 10.5.6 Systems and its pretty anoying to the users and the support team. any idea to fix this? this is a big issue. thanks for your help.

Seems to work for me. Thanks.

Same thing after upating to OS X 10.5.7 and the same solution helped...


Holger

The tips is working for me too !! Thank you !!

I am having the same problem with my 10 yr old son non-administrative account. The allow/deny box comes up constantly. Worse, I keep getting asked for permission for him to use Office Applications, even though permissions are set up in Parental Controls. Hopefully Snow Leopard will fix this. Is there a plist file I can delete? Thanks.

Since the latest update this has returned to haunt me again. I have deleted the /_CodeSignature folder which seemed to have been created in the update but I still get the message on log on.

Any ideas?

Me too. See here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10033591#10033591

Any news on that issue? I can't believe that I got that problem on each of my three macs while others seem to have no problem at all. What's wrong with my Macs? Or have you all disabled the firewall?

It is not the first time that I get this issue with the firewall: Also iTunes was asking me continuously for incoming connections, until I replaced the iTunes.app with the one from another Mac. Furthermore I had to replace some system files (nmblookup, configd) because of exactly this issue. It seems that the firewall's signatures are sometimes not correctly attached.

I really would appreciate if someone could help me. In the meantime I managed to get back to the old ARDAgent.app file from my Time Machine Backup. But OSX Software Update asks me every day for installing the new 3.3.1. This is really annoying.

Thanks!

Hi all!

I found a solution that worked for me on http://osdir.com/ml/remote-desktop/2009-05/msg00011.html

- Log in with administrator account.
- Remove ARDAgent from allow connection list of Firewall.
- Make Firewall open; 'Allow all incoming connections'.
- Launch Terminal.app
- Go to '/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/ Contents/Resources'
- Type 'sudo ./kickstart -uninstall -files'.
- Install ARD3 as you like and then up to date (you can download from apple.com)
- Close Firewall; 'Set access for specific services and applications'
- log out.
- log in again.

Hi,

How do i do this in Snow Leopard? Apparently Apple has done away with the option of "allowing all incoming". Do i just turn off the firewall? Its strange cos I don't remember seeing this pop up for quite a while until I upgraded to Snow Leopard. ARD 3.3

Please advice. Many thanks!

Stryke

Yes, simply turn of the firewall.

I fixed two of my three Macs using the method described above. On the third Mac I installed Snow Leopard first. After the installation I had no problems with the firewall any more, so the fix was not required. Maybe apple improved the firewall and the signing algorithm with snow leopard.

Hi

I did what was instructed and got the following:

Last login: Thu Sep 3 11:25:05 on console
You have mail.
Strykes-Mac-Pro:~ stryke$ /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/ Contents/Resources
-bash: /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/: is a directory
Strykes-Mac-Pro:~ stryke$ sudo ./kickstart -uninstall -files

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:
sudo: ./kickstart: command not found
Strykes-Mac-Pro:~ stryke$ /system/library/coreservices/remotemanagement/ard.agent.app/contents/resources
-bash: /system/library/coreservices/remotemanagement/ard.agent.app/contents/resources: No such file or directory
Strykes-Mac-Pro:~ stryke$ sudo ./kickstart -uninstall -files
Password:
sudo: ./kickstart: command not found
Strykes-Mac-Pro:~ stryke$

Am i doing something wrong?

OS 10.6


Stryke