Immediately Stopped Working After Launch about security-growler HOT 7 CLOSED

Can you download the most recent version with full error logging from here, and then paste the output you get after launching it.

Make sure to click 'Stop the Background Agent & Quit' before running the new version.

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Thanks for your reply.

1. I was running the latest version. I should have mentioned it; sorry. However, I have reinstalled from your ZIP file with no difference in terms of result.

2. I must point out that I run the app under regular session. I haven't been asked for any higher privileged access.

3. Here's the log file as asked:

   [05/23 19:09] Stopped Watching Sources: IOError: Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/Users/Nathalie/Downloads/Security Growler.app/Contents/Resources/growler.py", line 41, in <module> 
     watch_sources()
   File "/Users/Nathalie/Downloads/Security Growler.app/Contents/Resources/growler.py", line 18, in watch_sources
     for source, line in get_new_lines():
   File "/Users/Nathalie/Downloads/Security Growler.app/Contents/Resources/sources/__init__.py", line 19, in get_new_lines
     next_line = next(generator)
   File "/Users/Nathalie/Downloads/Security Growler.app/Contents/Resources/sources/logfile.py", line 7, in gen_lines
     with open(path, 'r') as logfile:
   IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/system.log'
   

For now, graphical results are as follows:

The first snapshot shows that the app constantly remains in the status Starting…

Thanks for your support.

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You cannot run the app under a non-admin account, this is expected behavior, although I guess I could make the error message more informative.

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Updated the docs: ef4c552

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To anyone who's having this issue and really doesn't want to run with a admin account, you can add the user to the wheel group sudo dseditgroup -o edit -a $username_to_add -t user wheel and sudo chmod 644 /var/log/system.log - Still doesn't give your user the ability to sudo, but allows the growler to work.

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@timeartist careful, that effectively makes your user part of the admin group, and gives them admin read permissions to a lot of things in the filesystem. I don't recommend adding yourself to wheel just to run this app, as it defeats the purpose of running a non-admin account in the first place. The sudo chmod 644 /var/log/system.log should be enough on it's own to allow your non-admin account read access.

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