jnlp file of iDrop Desktop doesn't run on Mac OS

[ganqqwerty]

I identified the following problem with this file: http://iren-web.renci.org/idrop-release/idrop.jnlp on Mac OS X. After tuning the permissions and security this file is not running, displaying the following error:

java.lang.SecurityException: Missing required Permissions manifest attribute in main jar: http://iren-web.renci.org/idrop-release/lib/idrop-swing-2.0.0.jar
    at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployManifestChecker.verifyMainJar(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployManifestChecker.verifyMainJar(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

[brainstorm]

Please report this one upstream:

https://github.com/DICE-UNC/idrop

I think that @michael-conway will purchase proper code signing certificates for the app sooner or later to avoid this particular issue.

You can tune your security preferences to bypass this through the global OSX system settings panel.

[michael-conway]

Yes, we're looking at that and po's have been cut for the actual Install4J

MC

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Roman Valls Guimerà < notifications@github.com> wrote:

Please report this one upstream:

https://github.com/DICE-UNC/idrop

I think that @michael-conway https://github.com/michael-conway will purchase proper code signing certificates for the app sooner or later to avoid this particular issue.

You can tune your security preferences to bypass this through the global OSX system settings panel.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/INCF/ids-tools/issues/20#issuecomment-47782579.

[ganqqwerty]

Roman, I propose to leave this ticket opened before we have the solution. Otherwise we will just forget about this problem

[michael-conway]

Roman,

We’ve abandoned JNLP altogether in favor of a plain Install4J platform installer. This runs on Mac. JNLP and webstart have uniformly been a problem.

See:

https://code.renci.org/gf/download/frsrelease/217/2272/iDrop_macos_2_0_1.dmg

This is using the ‘demo’ of Install4J so it has a nag screen, and there is a purchase order in the works for the full version. Does that resolve this issue?

MC

On Jul 3, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Roman Valls Guimerà notifications@github.com wrote:

Totally agree, as we mentioned on the skype meeting, we need it to be solved:

1) Upstream, in core iRODS, not as an independent ids-tool. 2) Validate the behaviour through the iDROP UI's (checking the metadata after data has moved between zones).

Reopening...

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

[brainstorm]

Good point @michael-conway. @ganqqwerty, let us know if that fixes the problem for you.

I managed to get it to work tweaking the security settings, but I understand that regular users might have issues with that. As always your feedback and documentation is very appreciated, thanks for raising this issue.

[ganqqwerty]

Thanks @michael-conway , I'm trying DMG now

[michael-conway]

ok cool. Let's close this and any issue you find we can have a separate ticket (to consider jnlp support depracated).

Note that we are waiting to get the full Install4J license, the check is in the mail, so to speak.

[ganqqwerty]

@michael-conway what file do I have to use for Linux and Windows platforms instead of jnlp?

[michael-conway]

Hi Yury look here:

https://github.com/DICE-UNC/idrop/wiki/iDrop-Installers

I will probably start a convention of '-latest' so that one may reliably pick things up from clients that want to embed links. When we get the installer we can try and formalize a mechanism to point to the final installer programs. Maybe through the consortium.

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Yury Katkov notifications@github.com wrote:

@michael-conway https://github.com/michael-conway what file do I have to use for Linux and Windows platforms instead of jnlp?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/INCF/ids-tools/issues/20#issuecomment-47925127.

[ganqqwerty]

Great! Thanks @michael-conway! That exactly what I needed! @brainstorm , can you please update the references to the installers here in the section "Desktop clients"?

[brainstorm]

Done!

[ganqqwerty]

oh, sorry, I did't attached th link to the word "here" :) it's section Desktop clients HERE: http://www.incf.org/resources/data-space/access-software-and-interfaces

[brainstorm]

Oh, cool, I will right now, I was fixing the Wiki pages over this repo, you can review the changes over here if you wish:

https://github.com/brainstorm?tab=activity

Thanks!