[SmartcardServices-Users] "Unidentified Developer" error when opening installer?

Jim Thomas jim at thursby.com
Fri May 10 12:05:06 PDT 2013


Shawn,

Thanks for that clarification.

Regards,

Jim Thomas, CSCIP/G



On 5/10/13 12:23 PM, Shawn Geddis wrote:
> Jim,
>
> The Installer was signed, but not using a DeveloperID issued Certificate.  As 
> noted with the installers and the blog entry:
>
>     *Installers*
>
>     The Installers have been digitally signed, but it is possible you may not
>     have the intermediate CA certificate on your system yet.  If you do not
>     have it, you can pull it down from Apple's Root Certification Authority
>     <https://www.apple.com/certificateauthority/> site with the specific
>     Intermediate CA certificate you need found --> HERE
>     <http://developer.apple.com/certificationauthority/AppleWWDRCA.cer> <--.
>
>     The installers are located on the Project's Installers page which you can
>     get to --> HERE
>     <http://smartcardservices.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/installers> <-- as well
>     as clicking on the *Installers* link on the left side of this page.
>
>
> In your case, the reason I included the reference to the Gatekeeper KBase, is 
> that you and others would need to allow this from "Anywhere" in System 
> Preference or perform the manual override for the installer.  This would not 
> be necessary if the MacOSForge Projects were issued DeveloperIDs for code 
> signing, but that has not yet been the case.  Until then, the signature is 
> providing integrity assurance that it came from me, but not under the official 
> DeveloperID program today.
>
> -Shawn
>
>
> On May 10, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Jim Thomas <jim at thursby.com 
> <mailto:jim at thursby.com>> wrote:
>> Shawn,
>>
>> I apologize, this may just be a false flag based on something Apple changed. 
>> From the Apple Developer Discussions:
>>
>> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4922849?start=0&tstart=0
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I had the same issue since 10.8.3
>>
>> I used to execute:
>>
>> productsign --sign 3rd Party Mac Developer Installer: MyCompagny <Source> 
>> <Destination> --cert Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority
>>
>> The correct use of productsign is:
>>
>> *productsign --sign Developer ID Installer: MyCompagny <Source> <Destination>
>> *
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jim Thomas, CSCIP/G
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/10/13 9:29 AM, Shawn Geddis wrote:
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> OS X: About Gatekeeper(OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion)
>>> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290
>>>
>>>
>>> -Shawn
>>>
>>> On May 10, 2013, at 9:31 AM, Jim Thomas <jim at thursby.com 
>>> <mailto:jim at thursby.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Shawn,
>>>>
>>>> I noticed this with our own installers, and in troubleshooting, found it 
>>>> with yours, too.
>>>>
>>>> With Gatekeeper set to default, double-clicking the signed installer pkg 
>>>> results in the following error:
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> "Smart Card Services Update 2.0b2-ML-signed" can't be installed because it 
>>>> is from an unidentified developer.
>>>> Your security preferences allow installation of only apps from the Mac App 
>>>> Store and identified developers.
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Any insight would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jim Thomas, CSCIP/G
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>>>
>>
>

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