I am compiling a software from scratch and running its tests. I do this often. The tests open ports and expect connections.
Whenever I run the tests, I get the
Do you want the application “run-tests” to accept incoming network connections? Clicking Deny may limit the application’s behavior. This setting can be changed in the Firewall pane of Security & Privacy preferences.
dialog box. I click on Allow every time. To avoid this I am trying to unblock the application with socketfilterfw. So, I am trying the following commands in a script file
SFW="/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw"
TESTS_DEBUG="/Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests"
${SFW} --remove "$TESTS_DEBUG"
${SFW} --add "$TESTS_DEBUG"
${SFW} --unblock "$TESTS_DEBUG"
Whenever I execute the script file, it always gives the following
The application is not part of the firewall
Application at path ( /Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests ) added to firewall
The application is not part of the firewall
If I run my tests after this, it still shows the dialog box.
The TESTS_DEBUG file is not a link, it is an executable binary file.
➜ libuv git:(v1.x) ✗ file /Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests
/Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
➜ libuv git:(v1.x) ✗ ls -ltrh /Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thefoutheye 110095815 1.1M Nov 29 17:32 /Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests
My operating system details
➜ libuv git:(v1.x) ✗ sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.12.6
BuildVersion: 16G1618
My questions are
- Why does the
${SFW} --addsays the application is added and${SFW} --unblocksays application is not part of the firewall? - How can I fix this?
