From TrevorHutley at consultant.com Sun Dec 23 12:13:38 2007 From: TrevorHutley at consultant.com (Dr. Trevor J. Hutley) Date: Sun Dec 23 12:13:48 2007 Subject: [Ti] PubSubAgent Message-ID: <82B43626-E710-43EE-B15B-154F708875EE@consultant.com> Under Leopard, 10.5.11 I am "plagued' with constant messages about the PubSubAgent..... I have never seen anything so common or pervasive on any earlier OS X version. Even whilst watching a QuickTime movie, I get these messages appearing on the screen. I can find nothing in any Forums or anywhere on the Apple Support pages that helps me identify or fix this issue. Does anyone on the List have an explanation of the origin of these messages, or more importantly, how to fix it? regards, Trevor PS: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all List members..... From kgani at mac.com Sun Dec 23 12:55:04 2007 From: kgani at mac.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kim_Gammelg=E5rd?=) Date: Sun Dec 23 12:55:20 2007 Subject: [Ti] PubSubAgent In-Reply-To: <82B43626-E710-43EE-B15B-154F708875EE@consultant.com> References: <82B43626-E710-43EE-B15B-154F708875EE@consultant.com> Message-ID: I think you have to be a bit more specifik. What messages are you getting and what does it say in the Console.log/system.log? I have not seen anything on my couple of Leopard systems, so it could be a widget, a menu item, a preference pane, a wrong permission, a corrupted pref-file, an application error etc. Best wishes! Kim Den 23/12/2007 kl. 21.13 skrev Dr. Trevor J. Hutley: > Under Leopard, 10.5.11 I am "plagued' with constant messages about > the PubSubAgent..... > > I have never seen anything so common or pervasive on any earlier OS > X version. > > Even whilst watching a QuickTime movie, I get these messages > appearing on the screen. From jwegriffin at mac.com Sun Dec 23 13:24:02 2007 From: jwegriffin at mac.com (John Griffin) Date: Sun Dec 23 13:24:35 2007 Subject: [Ti] PubSubAgent In-Reply-To: <82B43626-E710-43EE-B15B-154F708875EE@consultant.com> References: <82B43626-E710-43EE-B15B-154F708875EE@consultant.com> Message-ID: There is a resource that has the name PubSubAgent.app. It has the UNIX pathname: /System/Library/Frameworks/PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ PubSubAgent.app There is a preference file that sits here: ~/Library/Preferences/ com.apple.PubSubAgent.plist If this resource is acting up, the first thing I would do is trash the prefs file and see if the alerts go away. jg On 23-Dec-07, at 3:13 PM, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote: > > Under Leopard, 10.5.11 I am "plagued' with constant messages about > the PubSubAgent..... > > I have never seen anything so common or pervasive on any earlier OS > X version. > > Even whilst watching a QuickTime movie, I get these messages > appearing on the screen. > > I can find nothing in any Forums or anywhere on the Apple Support > pages that helps me identify or fix this issue. > > Does anyone on the List have an explanation of the origin of these > messages, or more importantly, how to fix it? > > regards, Trevor > > PS: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all List members..... > > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium From TrevorHutley at consultant.com Mon Dec 24 06:03:32 2007 From: TrevorHutley at consultant.com (Dr. Trevor J. Hutley) Date: Mon Dec 24 06:03:41 2007 Subject: [Ti] PubSubAgent In-Reply-To: References: <82B43626-E710-43EE-B15B-154F708875EE@consultant.com> Message-ID: <2F5D5F36-5F49-4F6C-9A20-94C871D0C634@consultant.com> On 23 Dec 2007, at 21:55, Kim Gammelg?rd wrote: > I think you have to be a bit more specifik. Kim, sorry, I had kind of assumed that others had this same issue, as I have seen it mentioned in several places, but with no solution proposed. > What messages are you getting One message says "PubSubAgent wants to use the TJH keychain .... enter password" and the other says " PubSubAgent wants to use the confidential information stored in idisk.mac.com in your keychain, do you want to allow access to this item"? If if I check Always Allow, it will ask me next time..... (bug within a bug?) These messages appear a few times per hour, even during movies or anything........ > and what does it say in the Console.log/system.log Interesting stuff in this Log, ... but the lines specific related to the SubPubAgent I have appended to this email. They seem to contain a warning about obsolete anchors... ??!! I have no idea what this is referring to. > I have not seen anything on my couple of Leopard systems, so it > could be a widget, a menu item, a preference pane, a wrong > permission, a corrupted pref-file, an application error etc. Any clue from what I wrote above or the Log entries below? Trevor Dec 24 01:43:59 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ PubSubAgent[559]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. Dec 24 09:49:11 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ PubSubAgent[4840]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. Dec 24 10:19:11 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ PubSubAgent[4877]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. Dec 24 10:44:10 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ PubSubAgent[4999]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. Dec 24 11:14:12 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ PubSubAgent[5075]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. Dec 24 11:44:16 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ PubSubAgent[5107]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. Dec 24 12:34:04 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 com.apple.launchd[81] (com.apple.PubSub.Agent): Throttling respawn: Will start in 8 seconds Dec 24 12:34:28 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ PubSubAgent[5194]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. Dec 24 12:44:18 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ PubSubAgent[5201]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. Dec 24 12:49:27 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ PubSubAgent[5210]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. Dec 24 13:14:23 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ PubSubAgent[5234]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. From kgani at mac.com Mon Dec 24 07:03:55 2007 From: kgani at mac.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kim_Gammelg=E5rd?=) Date: Mon Dec 24 07:04:05 2007 Subject: [Ti] PubSubAgent In-Reply-To: <2F5D5F36-5F49-4F6C-9A20-94C871D0C634@consultant.com> References: <82B43626-E710-43EE-B15B-154F708875EE@consultant.com> <2F5D5F36-5F49-4F6C-9A20-94C871D0C634@consultant.com> Message-ID: Okay, I think it makes a bit more sense now :-) This will only be a guess, though, so it may not help you all the way. The PubSubAgent is an application that checks RSS and Atom feeds regularly. (open the Terminal and type "man pubsub" without the quotes). I will almost bet that it is Safari or Mail that is trying to update one of your feeds, but it could be any application that is using the pubsub-utility. The reason why it is giving the error message is probably due to a feed that think that it needs authentication using an X509Anchor in the Keychain. I would probably open the Keychain application and run a check and repair on your keychains twice (there has been reports that the second time is necessary for some actions to happen). If that doesn't bring anything, I would have a look at the X509Anchors in the keychain to see if they all have valid dates, and after a backup of the keychain, deleting the ones that are expired. If this doesn't bring you anywhere, I would go through your feeds and try to isolate the culprit, backing up your bookmarks first. I hope that at least one of these two things will help. I could be a lot more specific in the actual actions, so do let us know if I am too superficial in my description of what I would do. Best, Kim Den 24/12/2007 kl. 15.03 skrev Dr. Trevor J. Hutley: >> What messages are you getting > > One message says "PubSubAgent wants to use the TJH keychain .... > enter password" and the other says " PubSubAgent wants to use the > confidential information stored in idisk.mac.com in your keychain, > do you want to allow access to this item"? If if I check Always > Allow, it will ask me next time..... (bug within a bug?) > > These messages appear a few times per hour, even during movies or > anything........ > >> and what does it say in the Console.log/system.log > > Interesting stuff in this Log, ... but the lines specific related to > the SubPubAgent I have appended to this email. > They seem to contain a warning about obsolete anchors... ??!! I > have no idea what this is referring to. > >> I have not seen anything on my couple of Leopard systems, so it >> could be a widget, a menu item, a preference pane, a wrong >> permission, a corrupted pref-file, an application error etc. > > Any clue from what I wrote above or the Log entries below? > > Trevor > > > Dec 24 01:43:59 Trevors-PowerBook-G4-15 /System/Library/Frameworks/ > PubSub.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PubSubAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ > PubSubAgent[559]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors. From frank.ettenberg at chello.at Wed Dec 26 13:39:58 2007 From: frank.ettenberg at chello.at (Frank Ettenberg) Date: Wed Dec 26 13:40:05 2007 Subject: [Ti] Security Update 2007-009 for OSX 10.4.11 In-Reply-To: <072F42A1-7997-4222-89EF-C34803A5D825@chello.at> References: <20071223201357.69C051F85EE@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <072F42A1-7997-4222-89EF-C34803A5D825@chello.at> Message-ID: <237DD114-213A-4C8C-AFE3-3E7B5888D0E8@chello.at> I received a strong warning from an experienced Mac friend in Salzburg , Austria to NOT download Security Update 2007-009 for OSX 10.4.11 after his OSX 10.4.11 system experienced web-based malfunctions concerning password ( at his personal banking log-in site) that took place shortly after the update had been made. Would appreciate your comments re this happening when you know/learn something about it....Thanks, Frank Ettenberg > From TrevorHutley at consultant.com Wed Dec 26 13:44:12 2007 From: TrevorHutley at consultant.com (Dr. Trevor J. Hutley) Date: Wed Dec 26 13:44:30 2007 Subject: [Ti] PubSubAgent In-Reply-To: References: <82B43626-E710-43EE-B15B-154F708875EE@consultant.com> <2F5D5F36-5F49-4F6C-9A20-94C871D0C634@consultant.com> Message-ID: On 24 Dec 2007, at 16:03, Kim Gammelg?rd wrote: > The PubSubAgent is an application that checks RSS and Atom feeds > regularly. (open the Terminal and type "man pubsub" without the > quotes). I will almost bet that it is Safari or Mail that is trying > to update one of your feeds, but it could be any application that is > using the pubsub-utility. > > The reason why it is giving the error message is probably due to a > feed that think that it needs authentication using an X509Anchor in > the Keychain. I would probably open the Keychain application and run > a check and repair on your keychains twice (there has been reports > that the second time is necessary for some actions to happen). OK, done that. > If that doesn't bring anything, I would have a look at the > X509Anchors in the keychain to see if they all have valid dates, and > after a backup of the keychain, deleting the ones that are expired. I have 110 of these. I sorted them by date. None are expired. The earliest that one expires is August 2008. > If this doesn't bring you anywhere, I would go through your feeds > and try to isolate the culprit, backing up your bookmarks first. I deleted all the RSS feeds in Safari, as this is not something that I use. >> What messages are you getting > One message says "PubSubAgent wants to use the TJH keychain .... > enter password" and the other says " PubSubAgent wants to use the > confidential information stored in idisk.mac.com in your keychain, > do you want to allow access to this item"? If if I check Always > Allow, it will ask me next time..... (bug within a bug?) > These messages appear a few times per hour, even during movies or > anything........ I hope to report positive news in a day or so....... regards, Trevor From gibsonm at bigpond.net.au Wed Dec 26 13:52:33 2007 From: gibsonm at bigpond.net.au (Mark Gibson) Date: Wed Dec 26 13:52:56 2007 Subject: [Ti] PubSubAgent In-Reply-To: <82B43626-E710-43EE-B15B-154F708875EE@consultant.com> References: <82B43626-E710-43EE-B15B-154F708875EE@consultant.com> Message-ID: At 21:13 +0100 23/12/07, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote: >Under Leopard, 10.5.11 I am "plagued' with >constant messages about the PubSubAgent..... > > > >I can find nothing in any Forums or anywhere on >the Apple Support pages that helps me identify >or fix this issue. > > > >regards, Trevor > >PS: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all List members..... > >_______________________________________________ >Titanium mailing list >Titanium@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium Trevor, I'm hoping its 10.5.1 at issue not 10.5.11. :) In any case a quick search of Apple's discussion pages revealed some 231 hits: <> -- Regards, Mark (}-: +61 (0)4 1927 7198 Skype / AIM / iChat: gibsonm1 Our greatest fear is that the Internet will become a vehicle of free distribution of information. --Ken Wasch, President of the Software Publishers' Association, 5 September 1995