ctj Posted November 23, 2002 Report Share Posted November 23, 2002 I thought this problem was fixed, but I guess it's not. I have automatic backups shceduled at 2am on my local machine only. If for some reason the computer isn't on at 2am, Retrospect will (as it should) get things going as soon as the computer is back on. My problem is that when I get to the OSX login screen, there's Retrospect doing its thing behind the panel, and it makes the whole menu bar visible. So, if someone wanted to be malicious, they could get into the system prefs from the apple menu and wreak havoc. I'm using the latest version of Retrospect (5.0.238) on a DP450 G4, 2G RAM, not that I think any of that matters. Has anyone else seen this? Does Dantz know that this problem still exists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsosnicki Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Yes, me too. The knowledgebase article regarding this issue states: "The original release of Retrospect 5.0 for Mac OS X does not provide a way for Retrospect to "hide" the Apple Menu if Retrospect autolaunches while logged out of Mac OS X. Upgrade to Retrospect 5.0.236 to avoid this problem." I am running 5.0.236 and this problem still has not been resolved. Dantz, please see posts titled "HUGE security hole" from SEVEN months ago regarding this problem. Has this been resolved or is the knowledgebase article incorrect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 In reply to: I am running 5.0.236 and this problem still has not been resolved. Actually, it has. For Mac OS X 10.1.5. But it's apparently broken again under Jaguar. Bummer. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsosnicki Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Ahh, thanks. Well, at the very least it seems that an update to the knowledgebase is in order... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsosnicki Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Can anyone from Dantz please comment on when this issue will be resolved. At first this was just a mild annoyance, now it has become a security audit criticism that I must respond to by indicating a date (or even just what quarter) when it will be resolved. The original post for this issue is from November 2002, 8 months ago! Contrary to KB artile 27305, this issue is NOT fixed (it is irrelavent that it was once fixed and is now broken again). If this is to be serious enterprise software, the backup server should run as a headless (i.e., daemon) application in the background. Any insight is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 We are aware that this is still a problem for users. To be notified when the issue is fixed, please join this notify list. http://list.dantz.com/mailman/listinfo/mac_security Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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