Re: MacAuthorize hub, no modal password dialog?
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texte = >>>We have MacAuthorize Hub working on a separate computer from the>>>server. We want the server to reboot without any modal dialogs from any>>>programs, but MacAuthorize Client insists on a password to the Hub>>>computer and Program Linking doesn't seem capable of storing the>>>password.>>>>Are you sure this isn't an OS-level dialog, the one the comes up when you>>have a password-protected computer? If so, then the workaround is to>>allow guest access to program linking.>>>This didn't work. It opens the dialog box with the computer ownner's>name, with guest as an allowed radio button. It still takes manual>intervention.>>Tellan seems aware of this issue. When we said it could be costing them>upgrades because webmasters like to leave their computers pretty>automated without intervention, their ears perked up a little. Give them>feedback!!!>>It might be possible to use an AppleScript routine to solve this problem.There's a utility on InfoMac that's supposed to be able to enter apassword automatically *and* click the default button when thishappens, but I don't remember its name because I couldn't get it towork for me ... but it may be worth a search of the InfoMac site,because it might actually work for you ... :)Sincerely,Ken Gromeken@iav.com808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionshttp://www.hui.net/
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>>>We have MacAuthorize Hub working on a separate computer from the>>>server. We want the server to reboot without any modal dialogs from any>>>programs, but MacAuthorize Client insists on a password to the Hub>>>computer and Program Linking doesn't seem capable of storing the>>>password.>>>>Are you sure this isn't an OS-level dialog, the one the comes up when you>>have a password-protected computer? If so, then the workaround is to>>allow guest access to program linking.>>>This didn't work. It opens the dialog box with the computer ownner's>name, with guest as an allowed radio button. It still takes manual>intervention.>>Tellan seems aware of this issue. When we said it could be costing them>upgrades because webmasters like to leave their computers pretty>automated without intervention, their ears perked up a little. Give them>feedback!!!>>It might be possible to use an AppleScript routine to solve this problem.There's a utility on InfoMac that's supposed to be able to enter apassword automatically *and* click the default button when thishappens, but I don't remember its name because I couldn't get it towork for me ... but it may be worth a search of the InfoMac site,because it might actually work for you ... :)Sincerely,Ken Gromeken@iav.com808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionshttp://www.hui.net/
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