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jamroman

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Jun 16, 2012
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I recently downloaded the the Java 2012-004 update. I am trying to open an application and the error message says, "Unsigned application requesting unrestricted access to system." The application was working fine before I updated Java.

Can anyone please give some guidance to getting around this?

Thanks,

JR
 
I recently downloaded the the Java 2012-004 update. I am trying to open an application and the error message says, "Unsigned application requesting unrestricted access to system." The application was working fine before I updated Java.

Can anyone please give some guidance to getting around this?

Thanks,

JR

So you wrote a Java application, and you now get this error message. It should be obvious that it is a huge security risk if any Java application gets unrestricted access to the operating system. That's what code signing is for: You tell Apple you who are, they give you a key to sign your applications, and because they know who you are, they can send either their lawyers or some ninjas around if your signed application does anything nasty.
 
I had the same issue

I recently downloaded the the Java 2012-004 update. I am trying to open an application and the error message says, "Unsigned application requesting unrestricted access to system." The application was working fine before I updated Java.

Can anyone please give some guidance to getting around this?

Thanks,

JR

Hi jamroman,

I had the same issue and a few days ago I managed to fix it.
So here is what worked for me.

I launched the Java Preferences app which is located at Applications->Utilities.
Then went to the Security tab and under "Signed content from these sites runs whiteout prompting" deleted the url of the problematic java.
After then i relaunched it and everything worked again.

I hope this helps you solve your issue
 
Hi jamroman,

I had the same issue and a few days ago I managed to fix it.
So here is what worked for me.

I launched the Java Preferences app which is located at Applications->Utilities.
Then went to the Security tab and under "Signed content from these sites runs whiteout prompting" deleted the url of the problematic java.
After then i relaunched it and everything worked again.

I hope this helps you solve your issue

This worked for me.
Thanks vdmk2006. Saved me a bunch of time trying to figure this out. :)
 
Hi jamroman,

I had the same issue and a few days ago I managed to fix it.
So here is what worked for me.

I launched the Java Preferences app which is located at Applications->Utilities.
Then went to the Security tab and under "Signed content from these sites runs whiteout prompting" deleted the url of the problematic java.
After then i relaunched it and everything worked again.

I hope this helps you solve your issue

Thanks!
 
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