PGPDesktop10.2.1MP3 + File Vault on Lion/Mountain Lion = Crash
Created: 26 Sep 2012 | 11 comments
Lion and Mountain Lion:
PGPDesktop10.2.1MP3 installed to be used only for mail and file encryption - NOT WDE ...
If File Vault is switched on, and required reboot. Take care. You will not be able to boot.
Two files obvious has to be removed:
/System/Library/Extensions/PGPwde.kext
/Library/PriviledgedHelperTools/com.pgp.framework.PGPwde
More Info:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16335120#163...
Regards.
Asger
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10.2.1 MP4 is now released which has enhanced support for mountain lion:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5541
http://www.cstl.com
Thanks a lot
Where can I download this one, as Trial version?
Need to test.
I follow this link:
http://www.symantec.com/products/download-security...
See attachment, only MP3 available.
BR Asger
Hi, i noticed in your post that you said that you are not using WDE. But it sounds like the problem described in our KB system here:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH173502
We have known incompatabilities with Filevault.
In the case were you are not using pgpwde at all. we disable those wde drivers (the files that you listed). However, if your machine happens to be encrypted - it will fail to boot. It needs to drivers to access an encrypted drive. Are you sure that you didn't encrypt the drive?
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In the case that you are not using PGP WDE and you are using filevault 2. PGP should handle disabling thoese WDE drivers from trying to boot. It sounds like that is not the case, if you are certainly not encrypting the disk?
I agree that this issue should be retested with 10.2.1 MP4 since we don't support Mountain Lion with 10.2.1 MP3. there was several bug fixes we had to impliment to make PGP WDE compatible with OSX 10.8.
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Hi PGP_Ben
Your KB article descibe exactly what happened for me!
I did the same procedure on 3 MacBooks, all running Mountain Lion, same fault on all.
Unable to boot, after File Vault 2 turned on.
PgP 10.2.1 MP3 installed in trial mode, limited functionality - as we were only testing, and actually only need the functions available in limited mode: encrypt/decrypt of clipboard and files.
No Whole Disk Encryption in any way. Drive was not encrypted.
The intention was to let File Vault handle this issue.
BR Asger
okay, to understand your issue more fully. you are hooking up an external disk that is filevault encrypted and that is preventing the machine from booting. the difference in that KB is that we are documenting this as known behavior with an internal boot drive that is WDE encrypted.
This is the first time I have heard of this behavior happening on machine that doesn't have the drive WDE encrypted. Does the workaround in the KB work for you?
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I understand it like this, you refer to this one:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH173502
It says:
"....... Problem Description
/System/Library/Extensions/PGPwde.kext
/Library/PriviledgedHelperTools/com.pgp.framework.PGPwde
BR Asger
You can always use the "Customize" option on the installer to not install WDE a well. Have you tested this?
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Hi all
I run a MacBookPro Retina display under Mac OS 10.8.2 using FileVault. Can I install without any problems Symantec Encryption Desktop (10.2.1 Build 4961)?
/System/Library/Extensions/PGPwde.kext
/Library/PriviledgedHelperTools/com.pgp.framework.PGPwde
also work under 10.8.2?
Thanks for your help
atall
FYI, this is a known issue which is looking at being address in a future release. The recommended workaround is the solution posted above in that KB article.
TECH173502
You have listed it as well atall. In regards to only being able to install PGP Desktop instead of PGPWDE. I wasn't aware of this functionality (possibly just never noticed) do you recall a prior version of PGP Desktop where this functionality worked?
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@pgp _Ben
1. No idea whether the funcitonality worked earlier (install PGP Desktop instead of PGPWDE - now called SDE).
2. My PGP is still not working properly! I can specifically not choose the recipient out of my existing pgp-public keys list (in the respective window only my private keys are shown but none of my recipient's public keys). So encryption is not possible (only to those recipients of whom I have not only the public key but also the private key). Decription seems to work properly as far as I could test.
Any idea where the problem could be? Suggestions for bringing PGP to work?
3. Today I tried to run the FULL installer PGPDesktop10.2.1MP4_MacOSX (without the "functionality" mentioned above; so also SDE was installed). The terminal orders mentionened in KB TECH173502 did partially NOT work on my side (partially the places on my computer were not found with the terminal orders). I was quite afraid having an OS non bootable afterwards ... lucky enough the booting worked all the same ...
BUT: still PGP is not working properly (see 2. of my today's posting).
Help would be appreciated. I bought a program for EUR 169 and spent hours to bring it to work without any success so far :-(. PGP ... where are you going? Before PGP was a recommendation for Mac users. And now???
Thx for help
Atall
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