Timing issues with systemd units auto-updating rEFInd on ESP

Aim: I wanted to use systemd to auto-update the following files and directories in EFI/arch_refind/:
drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi fonts/ icons/ refind_x64.efi
Initially, I tried to do this with a single .path and .service pair but although it worked initially, I had problems with things respawning too quickly. As a result I ended up with nothingness on the ESP. I figured that the problem might be that because I had different changed-path conditions in the .path file, the .service file was getting run multiple times as pacman updated the refind package. In an attempt to address this, I split the files into four pairs with each one handling a specific change.
For updating the .efi itself:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-efi.path
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition
[Path]
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-efi.service
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/refind_x64.efi
For updating the file system driver:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-ext4.path
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition
[Path]
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-ext4.service
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/drivers_x64
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi
For the fonts directory:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-fonts.path
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition
[Path]
PathChanged=/usr/share/refind/fonts
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-fonts.service
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rm -rf /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/fonts
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -pr /usr/share/refind/fonts /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/fonts
For the icons directory:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-icons.path
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition
[Path]
PathChanged=/usr/share/refind/icons
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-icons.service
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rm -rf /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/icons
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -pr /usr/share/refind/icons /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/icons
However, I am still getting errors:
Gor 09 01:40:58 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 01:42:25 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:26:13 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
<refind is upgraded at 22:24 according to pacman's log>
Gor 09 22:24:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer cp[13179]: /usr/bin/cp: cannot stat ‘/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi’: No such file or directory
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer cp[13174]: /usr/bin/cp: cannot stat ‘/usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi’: No such file or directory
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-efi.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Unit refind-update-efi.service entered failed state.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-ext4.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Unit refind-update-ext4.service entered failed state.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Unit refind-update-icons.service entered failed state.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
<reboot to test kernel>
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:07:22 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
It seems that systemd is too quick. It notices that something has changed e.g. that /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi has been removed, triggers the service and then finds there is no /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi to copy because the new version has not yet been installed. In the case of the .efi files, the service always seems to somehow manage to get everything into place but in the case of the fonts and icons (icons shown above), it often does not.
I'm not sure why this happens because I based this on the service file I found the wiki for keeping the kernel and initramfs synced to the ESP. So I would think it should work for at least the single file cases, if not the directories. Indeed my EFI update service syncs the kernel and initramfsx2 to the ESP flawlessly (up to now) even though the .path unit for that includes 3 triggering conditions and the .service and .path files are set up just the same.
I've read the manual pages for systemd.{path,service,unit} and couldn't see anything obviously helpful although I'm curious about timer units so I looked at the information on those but I guess they are for rather more sophisticated services than mine. I also looked at the wiki for systemd but it does not say anything about this kind of issue.
Intuitively, I wondered if there is not a clean way of telling systemd to wait until changes to the path have completed before running the service. Obviously I can think of ways to force the service to wait just by using sleep or something but I am sure that that is not the correct way to do it. So I'm pretty sure there is something wrong about the way I've set these up but I am just not seeing what it is. Any hints would be appreciated!

I have actually modified the refind path/service units somewhat, but it still works flawlessly for me. I usually wait for 2-5 min after pkg updates so that all the changes are synced to EFISYS before I reboot. There are the ones I use currently:
refind-efi_copy.path
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd files to EFI System Partition
[Path]
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/reiserfs_x64.efi
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/iso9660_x64.efi
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/hfs_x64.efi
PathChanged=/mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi.conf
PathChanged=/mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_linux.conf
PathChanged=/mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_linux_boot.conf
PathChanged=/mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_archboot.conf
Unit=refind-efi_copy.service
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
refind-efi_copy.service
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd files to EFI System Partition
# Requires=efisys.mount
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/reiserfs_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/reiserfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/reiserfs_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/reiserfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/iso9660_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/iso9660_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/iso9660_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/iso9660_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/hfs_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/hfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/hfs_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/hfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi.conf /efisys/EFI/refind/refind.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi.conf /efisys/EFI/boot/refind.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_linux.conf /efisys/EFI/arch/core/refind_linux.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_linux.conf /efisys/EFI/arch/mainline/refind_linux.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_linux_boot.conf /boot/refind_linux.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rm -rf /efisys/EFI/refind/icons
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -rf /usr/share/refind/icons /efisys/EFI/refind/icons
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rm -rf /efisys/EFI/refind/fonts
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -rf /usr/share/refind/fonts /efisys/EFI/refind/fonts
Last edited by the.ridikulus.rat (2013-07-11 15:16:18)

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Its also not opening PDF files if illustrator is already open. If illustrator is closed then I choose to open a PDF in illustrator it will work, but not if a document is already open in illustrator. Will not open from bridge either, but drag and drop does still work.
I'm having to revert back to CS5 until the problem is resolved as its destroying my work flow

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Thanks for reporting the issue to AI team. Will it be possible for you to share the AI file with me at [email protected] ?
I want to try the workflow at my end.
With Best Regards,
Raghuveer

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I had my phone replaced by Verizon because the volume was ringing too low with disregard to the level it was set on... this happened immediately after the update and continued even with factory reset. Verizon sent me another one which is doing the same thing but with more issues which include the picture sending and now my mute button is missing when I receive calls. I am a business and cannot afford to miss a single call... especially as this is our slow time of year. To do your part to help push Samsung to send out a corrective update you need to contact them... I did this and a verizon rep told me to encourage this on these forums... here is the link http://www.samsung.com/us/support/contact# it will get you to their contact page and from there you select email under product support. The more of you that do this, the more they will realize there are several... some serious... issues with this update. Thank you and good luck... to all of us!!

I noticed with my Charge phone that when I get a call the FIRST ring is highly muted (quite soft) and then all rings after that are full volume.
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Ya can't win 'em all.
JerryF

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Most of the topics dealing with Safari's issues with the update have to do with it connecting to the internet. I don't have that problem.
Ever since I downloaded 10.5.3 Safari slows down all of my computer's processes. For example, if I open Safari, wait for the homepage (gmail) to load, then try to open any other program, I get the little color wheel for about 5 minutes. Then it loads - try and click anywhere on my computer - little color wheel for another 5 minutes. None of this happens when Safari isn't open.
I've run disk utility about 10 times, but I'm no apple expert so I have no idea what I can possible do after that. Has anyone experienced this problem or have know of any fixes?

No Safari enhancers installed
The CPU is running consistently at around 16-18.
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Hi all,
I have some issues with app store and software update.
Sometime App Store report that it was available software update for Mac OS X ML. When I enter in App Store to upgrade something goes wrong and I cannot do anything.
If I close and open again App Store, it start to look for update and aftware 5-10 seconds App Store reports that there aren't update available.
I take a look in /var/log/install.log and I found this:
Jun 4 01:40:54 XXX.local Software Update[6741]: Can't load distribution from https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/03/60/041-5259/K4G5rj8jSCBBxxxLM2XHpjPJdGspgBHzFX/041-5259.English.dist.gz: Host cert invalid or otherwise insecure download
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Jun 4 01:40:54 XXX.local Software Update[6741]: Failed Software Update - trust evaluation failed in SecTrustEvaluate with result: 5
Jun 4 01:40:54 XXX.local Software Update[6741]: Can't load distribution from https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/21/24/041-5260/876hzpgDST2NBNK2LKmjpPBhDwrL94sJ9x/041-5260.English.dist.gz: Host cert invalid or otherwise insecure download
Jun 4 01:40:54 XXX.local Software Update[6741]: Removing package source SUContentLocatorPackageSource from manager
Any ideas?
Thanks
Regards

Back up all data.
Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.
In the upper left corner of the window, you should see a list headed Keychains. If not, click the button in the lower left corner that looks like a triangle inside a square.
In the Keychains list, there should be an item named System. If not, select
File ▹ Add Keychain
from the menu bar and add the following item:
/Library/Keychains/System.keychain
From the Category list in the lower left corner of the window, select Certificates. Look carefully at the list of certificates in the right side of the window. If any of them has a a blue-and-white plus sign or a red "X" in the icon, double-click it. An inspection window will open. Click the disclosure triangle labeled Trust to disclose the trust settings for the certificate. From the menu at the top, select
When using this certificate: Use System Defaults
Close the inspection window. You'll be prompted for your administrator password to update the settings. Revert all the certificates with non-default trust settings.
From the menu bar, select
Keychain Access ▹ Preferences ▹ Certificates
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Log out, log back in, and test.

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It appears the latest Java update (1.7 Update 45) has caused some issues with the Cisco RDP plugin for Clientless SSL VPN.
When attempting to run the plugin to connect to a host, the following error message is receieved:
I believe this may be because the plugin is unsigned which on the previous version of Java seemed to cause pop-ups prior to running. This error seems to occur in both IE and Firefox. The OS is Windows 7.
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Does anybody know of a work around or a fix for this? Does Cisco have to update their plugin for this to work on the latest Java version?
Regards
David

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Thanks for the reply. From the thread you linked:
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This workaround has worked for me with Jave 7 Update 45 on both PC and Mac.
I've just tested this and it has resolved the issue for me.
Thanks!
David

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Here in my production client which creating a material in April they have created with Base unit of measure = G and alternate unit of measure = EA
! EA = 60G....But actually they should have maintain 1 EA = 50g....Lot of docs got posted from April onwards...
Movement types posted were 641,561, 562,101,102,601,653
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