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Tool for install protocol (for Cisco Secure Client)

Hello all,


in our company with about 500 Macs we have a problem with permissions of Cisco Secure Client 5.0.05040. Sometimes the Client stops working under Ventura, and we have to remove the app and reinstall it. But the "Allow" button in the security settings are not asking for permissions anymore after the install.


I tried to uninstall the Cisco Client properly over the Terminal, searching for the keyword "Cisco". But there are leftovers with cryptic file names in hexa(?)-form. But where? So what I am asking for is an install protocol: what is the Cisco Installer installing where?


Do you know such a tool? The install log file in /var/log/ does not help. Perhaps should I search in Terminal for the install date to find all files? This idea I have had writing this posting; I cannot verify it here on my private computer. The command would look like follows:


sudo find / -type f -newerBt 2023-12-16 ! -newerBt 2023-12-16


Right?


Sorry for my English and Happy New Year 2024 to everybody



marek

Posted on Jan 7, 2024 3:05 AM

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Jan 9, 2024 12:41 AM in response to Marek Stepanek

To see the files of an ongoing install:


Open the installer (click on it to start) and before starting the install make Command + I (like info) und you will see alle files to be installed and where they are going. (Or over the menu of the installer.app file > show files).


There is also a tool called unpkg, which I installed via Homebrew. To start it you need to remove the extended permissions in this program with


cd /Applications

xattr -cr unpkg.app


to make it work: you open unpgk out from the /Applications, you choose an installer, which you want to inspect for example on your desktop and this tool extracts the files to be installed to in an folder on the desktop. I prefere the info window of the installer.app


Hope this helps some people here


marek

Tool for install protocol (for Cisco Secure Client)

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