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Q: The operation couldn't be completed.  Operation not permitted.  (NSPOSIXErrorDomain:1)

I get the following message frequently: "The operation couldn't be completed.  Operation not permitted.  (NSPOSIXErrorDomain:1)".  I need to restart the computer inorder to access the internet.  I connect via wireless and other wireless items on the network don't have this issue.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Apr 20, 2012 10:53 AM

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Q: The operation couldn't be completed.  Operation not permitted.  (NSPOSIXErrorDomain:1)

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Apr 20, 2012 12:29 PM in response to Cliff_Loobs
    Level 10 (122,239 points)
    Apple Music
    Apr 20, 2012 12:29 PM in response to Cliff_Loobs

    Hi Cliff ...

     

    Do you have Intego Virus Barrier installed >>>   https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3128522?start=0&tstart=0

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Apr 20, 2012 1:59 PM in response to Cliff_Loobs
    Level 10 (207,990 points)
    Applications
    Apr 20, 2012 1:59 PM in response to Cliff_Loobs

    Please read this whole message before doing anything.

     

    This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.

     

    Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.

     

    These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.

     

    Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.

     

    Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then either copy or drag it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.

     

    Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. The other steps should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.

     

    Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:

     

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

     

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

     

    ☞ If you’re running Mac OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the page that opens.

     

    When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” (without the quotes) and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.

     

    Step 1

     

    Copy or drag — do not type — the line below into the Terminal window, then press return:

     

    kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'
    

     

    Post the lines of output (if any) that appear below what you just entered (the text, please, not a screenshot.)

     

    Step 2

     

    Repeat with this line:

     

    sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(amavis|apache|cups|isc|ntp|postfix|x)/{print $3}'
    

     

    This time, you'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. You don't need to post the warning.

     

    Step 3

     

    launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|edu\.mit|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'
    

     

    Step 4

     

    ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null
    

     

    Important: If you synchronize with a MobileMe account, your me.com email address may appear in the output of the above command. If so, anonymize it before posting.

     

    Step 5

     

    osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' 2> /dev/null
    

     

    Remember, steps 1-5 are all drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste, whichever you prefer — no typing, except your password. Also remember to post the output.

     

    You can then quit Terminal.

  • by Cliff_Loobs,

    Cliff_Loobs Cliff_Loobs May 1, 2012 1:11 PM in response to Linc Davis
    Level 1 (1 points)
    May 1, 2012 1:11 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Thank you for the more than complete instructions to aid in solving the issue. Key was your statement concerning third-part modifications. Thinking back I realized that issue was coicidental with my having installed Norton Antivirus (free from Comcast). I deactivated that, moved it to trahs and went back to iAntiVirus. Problem gone!

     

    Thanks again.

  • by dazbob,

    dazbob dazbob Dec 6, 2012 6:01 PM in response to Linc Davis
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Dec 6, 2012 6:01 PM in response to Linc Davis

    I have the same issue. Here is the output:

     

    localhost:~ darwin.bloch$ kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'

    1. com.netboxblue.kext.nbnke (1.0)

     

     

    localhost:~ darwin.bloch$ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(amavis|apache|cups|isc|ntp|postfi x|x)/{print $3}'

    Password:

    1. com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
    2. com.jamfsoftware.task.Every
    3. com.jamfsoftware.jamf.daemon
    4. com.adobe.SwitchBoard

     

     

    localhost:~ darwin.bloch$ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|edu\.mit|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'

    1. com.google.keystone.user.agent
    2. com.promethean.flashextension
    3. com.promethean.activmgr
    4. com.promethean.activhardwareservice
    5. com.netboxblue.agent.NBNotifier
    6. com.jamfsoftware.jamf.agent
    7. com.spotify.webhelper

     

     

    localhost:~ darwin.bloch$ ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta} * L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null

     

    /Library/Components:

     

    /Library/Extensions:

     

    /Library/Frameworks:

    1. AECore.framework
    2. AEProfiling.framework
    3. AERegistration.framework

    Adobe AIR.framework

    1. AsVisualPresenter.framework
    2. AudioMixEngine.framework
    3. Compressor.framework

    DivX Toolkit.framework

    1. FxPlug.framework
    2. MediaServerAPI.framework
    3. Motion.framework
    4. NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
    5. PluginManager.framework
    6. ProFX.framework
    7. ProMetadataSupport.framework
    8. Qmaster.framework
    • VisualPresenter.framework
    1. iLifeFaceRecognition.framework
    2. iLifeKit.framework
    3. iLifePageLayout.framework
    4. iLifeSQLAccess.framework
    5. iLifeSlideshow.framework
    6. iTunesLibrary.framework

     

    /Library/Input Methods:

     

    /Library/Internet Plug-Ins:

    1. AdobePDFViewer.plugin
    2. DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin

    Flash Player.plugin

    1. JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
    • OVSHelper.plugin

    Quartz Composer.webplugin

    QuickTime Plugin.plugin

    1. SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
    2. SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
    3. flashplayer.xpt
    4. iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
    5. nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt

     

    /Library/Keyboard Layouts:

     

    /Library/LaunchAgents:

    1. com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
    2. com.jamfsoftware.jamf.agent.plist
    3. com.netboxblue.agent.NBNotifier.plist
    4. com.promethean.activhardwareservice.plist
    5. com.promethean.activmgr.plist
    6. com.promethean.flashextension.plist

     

    /Library/LaunchDaemons:

    1. com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
    2. com.jamfsoftware.jamf.daemon.plist
    3. com.jamfsoftware.startupItem.plist
    4. com.jamfsoftware.task.3.plist
    5. com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist

     

    /Library/PreferencePanes:

    Apple Qmaster.prefPane

    1. DivX.prefPane

    Flash Player.prefPane

     

    /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:

    1. com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper

     

    /Library/QuickLook:

    1. GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
    2. iBooksAuthor.qlgenerator
    3. iWork.qlgenerator

     

    /Library/QuickTime:

    1. AppleHDVCodec.component
    2. AppleIntermediateCodec.component

    AppleMPEG2Codec.component

    AppleProRes422.component

    1. DVCPROHDCodec.component
    2. DVCPROHDMuxer.component
    3. DVCPROHDVideoDigitizer.component
    4. DVCPROHDVideoOutput.component
    5. DVCPROHDVideoOutputClock.component
    6. DVCPROHDVideoOutputCodec.component
    7. DesktopVideoOut.component

    DivX Decoder.component

    DivX Encoder.component

    FCP Uncompressed 422.component

    1. IMXCodec.component
    2. LiveType.component
    3. Motion.component

     

    /Library/ScriptingAdditions:

    Adobe Unit Types.osax

     

    /Library/Spotlight:

    Microsoft Office.mdimporter

    1. iBooksAuthor.mdimporter
    2. iWork.mdimporter

     

    /Library/StartupItems:

    Qmaster

     

    /etc/mach_init.d:

    1. IIDCVideoAssistant.plist
    • VDCAssistant.plist

     

    /etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:

     

    /etc/mach_init_per_user.d:

    1. com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist

     

    Library/Fonts:

     

    Library/Frameworks:

     

    Library/Input Methods:

    .localized

     

    Library/Internet Plug-Ins:

     

    Library/Keyboard Layouts:

     

    Library/LaunchAgents:

    1. com.google.keystone.agent.plist
    2. com.spotify.webhelper.plist

     

    Library/PreferencePanes:

     

     

    localhost:~ darwin.bloch$ osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' 2> /dev/null

    UNKNOWN, iTunesHelper, uTorrent, Spotify

  • by ~Bee,

    ~Bee ~Bee Dec 6, 2012 8:49 PM in response to dazbob
    Level 7 (31,787 points)
    Mac OS X
    Dec 6, 2012 8:49 PM in response to dazbob

    dazbob --

     

    You're using Torrents.  That in itself makes you vulnerable to all kinds of chaos.

    If, after deleting Torrents, you still crash and want help, please post your own new topic here.

    Thanks.

  • by CA-Wind-Rider,

    CA-Wind-Rider CA-Wind-Rider Sep 21, 2016 12:28 PM in response to Cliff_Loobs
    Level 1 (19 points)
    Safari
    Sep 21, 2016 12:28 PM in response to Cliff_Loobs

    I got this error when I was trying to open a local HTML file using Safari (v9.1.3) on my local machine (OSX 10.11.6) that I created using a number of tools (RStudio v0.99.902) so it's not likely that there is malicious stuff in the file.  I have generated multiple versions of this HTML file previously and opened it with Safari without problems.  Then I got the "Operation not permitted".  Just, now, I tried to reopen the same HTML with a different browser, and I did NOT get the error.  Today, I tried to open the exact same HTML file with Safari and no error occurred.

     

    Below are my results running the Unix code suggested.

     

    I suspect that some fortinet protection code caused this error.  Since Fortinet (FortiClient v 5.4.1.514) is updated frequently, it seems likely that a "bug" that was introduced has since been fixed.

     

     

    $ kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'

    com.fortinet.fct.kext.fctapnke (1)

    com.fortinet.fct.kext.avkern (1.0.1)

     

     

    $ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(amavis|apache|cups|isc|ntp|postfi x|x)/{print $3}'

    com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld

    com.fortinet.fctservctl

    com.fortinet.fctwf

    com.fortinet.fctappfw

    com.fortinet.fmon

    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool

    com.fortinet.fssoagent_launchdaemon

    com.adobe.fpsaud

    com.fortinet.epctrl

    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx

    com.fortinet.fctctl

     

     

    $ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|edu\.mit|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'

    com.fortinet.fssoagent_launchagent

    com.fortinet.FortiClientAgent.148832

    com.fortinet.FortiClient.149152

    com.bluejeans.app.user.detector

    org.gnu.Aquamacs.131872

    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx

    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater

    com.fortinet.FctMiscAgent.150112

    com.google.keystone.user.agent

     

     

    $ ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta} * L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null

    /Library/Components:

     

     

    /Library/Extensions:

    ACS6x.kext

    ATTOCelerityFC8.kext

    ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext

    ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext

    ArcMSR.kext

    CalDigitHDProDrv.kext

    EPSONUSBPrintClass.kext

    HighPointIOP.kext

    HighPointRR.kext

    PromiseSTEX.kext

    SoftRAID.kext

     

     

    /Library/Frameworks:

    AEProfiling.framework

    AERegistration.framework

    AudioMixEngine.framework

    NyxAudioAnalysis.framework

    PluginManager.framework

    R.framework

    iTunesLibrary.framework

     

     

    /Library/Input Methods:

     

     

    /Library/Internet Plug-Ins:

    Default Browser.plugin

    Disabled Plug-Ins

    Flash Player.plugin

    FortiClient_SSLVPN_Plugin.bundle

    JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

    Quartz Composer.webplugin

    Silverlight.plugin

    flashplayer.xpt

     

     

    /Library/Keyboard Layouts:

     

     

    /Library/LaunchAgents:

    com.fortinet.forticlient.fssoagent_launchagent.plist

    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist

    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist

     

     

    /Library/LaunchDaemons:

    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

    com.fortinet.forticlient.appfw.plist

    com.fortinet.forticlient.epctrl.plist

    com.fortinet.forticlient.fmon.plist

    com.fortinet.forticlient.fssoagent_launchdaemon.plist

    com.fortinet.forticlient.servctl.plist

    com.fortinet.forticlient.vpn.plist

    com.fortinet.forticlient.wf.plist

    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist

    com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist

    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist

     

     

    /Library/PreferencePanes:

    Flash Player.prefPane

    JavaControlPanel.prefPane

    MySQL.prefPane

     

     

    /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:

     

     

    /Library/QuickLook:

    iBooksAuthor.qlgenerator

    iWork.qlgenerator

     

     

    /Library/QuickTime:

    AppleIntermediateCodec.component

    AppleMPEG2Codec.component

     

     

    /Library/ScriptingAdditions:

     

     

    /Library/Spotlight:

    Microsoft Office.mdimporter

    iBooksAuthor.mdimporter

    iWork.mdimporter

     

     

    /Library/StartupItems:

     

     

    /etc/mach_init.d:

     

     

    /etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:

     

     

    /etc/mach_init_per_user.d:

     

     

    $ osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' 2> /dev/null

    iTunesHelper, SpeechSynthesisServer, FortiClientAgent

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 22, 2016 8:00 AM in response to CA-Wind-Rider
    Level 9 (71,686 points)
    iTunes
    Sep 22, 2016 8:00 AM in response to CA-Wind-Rider

    You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.