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Allow a (custom) kext to be loaded by a user (non-root) process on Mac
posted on July 8th 2015, at 16:36
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lunarg
By default, only processes that are run directly by root are allowed to load kexts. When a user (non-root) process tries to load a kext, an error is logged in system.log similar to:
Request from non-root process 'netbiosd' (euid 222) to load /System/Library/Extensions/smbfs.kext - not allowed.
You can resolve the issue by allowing the specific kext (e.g.: smbfs.kext) to be loaded by non-root processes. This is done by editing the Info.plist file that's included with the kext, usually at /path/to/kext-name.kext/Contents/Info.plist.
Open a Terminal.
Locate the kext and edit its Info.plist file.In our example, this would be the file: /System/Library/Extensions/smbfs.kext/Contents/Info.plist
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On August 13th 2016 at 16:35,
Brian
wrote:
This definitely got one step closer to connecting an SMB . Now I get kernel[0]: smb_gss_negotiate: Can't get gssd port, status 4. Not sure where to go from here.
On December 21st 2015 at 00:53,
Alpay
wrote:
Great hammer of Thor, that is pofrewully helpful!
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