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Prevent VPN client from launching automatically on OSX?

Question asked by Robert Csapo on Jul 2, 2018
Latest reply on Feb 6, 2019 by Philip Chenette

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Hi all,

I'm using the Endpoint Security E80.71 VPN client on a Macintosh computer (OS 10.11.6). Does anyone know how to prevent the program from launching automatically upon startup? I have already tried to edit

--> /Library/LaunchAgents/com.checkpoint.eps.gui.plist

--> /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.checkpoint.epc.service.plist (setting <key>RunAtLoad</key> to <false/> in both cases)

and disabled the Always-Connect option in the GUI.

The program still starts automatically.

I'd be very grateful for any advice.

Thanks,

Robert

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Danny Jung Jul 2, 2018 2:28 AM
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So you already Google'd and that solution doesn't help you. So try this one or open a Service Request with TAC.
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- Robert Csapo @ Danny Jung on Jul 2, 2018 3:55 AM
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  Thank you for your suggestions, Danny. Actually, I'm not looking for a shell script to close the client, I'd like to prevent it from automatically starting up in the first place. In fact, it's quite incomprehensible why something so elementary should require manual editing of .plist files or shell scripts to be run. This should be either controllable through the GUI or the OS's system preferences (the Endpoint Security client does not show up under the Login Items). I'll send an email to Amir Yacoby from the TAC and post his reply here.
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  - Jacobo Vidal Pascual @ Robert Csapo on Sep 10, 2018 1:07 PM
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    Do you have any answer, Robert? I have the same problem and it's very annoying...
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Dameon Welch-Abernathy Sep 10, 2018 1:16 PM
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The Mac VPN client does more than VPN, it's also a firewall.
I'm guessing this firewall is the real issue and not the fact the VPN client loads

The firewall is enforced through the kernel module that is loaded, which is by design.
The only options I see are:
- Ask your admin to configure a more permissive firewall for your needs.
- Not load (or even unload) the relevant kernel module.
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- Dr. Matthias H. Froehlich @ Dameon Welch-Abernathy on Jan 20, 2019 7:36 AM
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  Sorry, but that completely misses the point. Question is not, whatever the VPN client program is doing - question is very simple, how can it be prevented to start automatically?
  
  Obviously there should be some solution for this, as it is easily possible to stop the client from the menubar after it has automatically started. If I had been in charge of testing this software, it would not have gotten released - it is completely incomprehensible to implement a piece of software without allowing to configure whether it will start automatically or not easily in its GUI. *THIS* is the problem here.
  
  I will definitely *never* recommend this kind of VPN client to anybody - no matter the features. Implementing software like this is just completely unreasonable. Please refer back to Software Engineering 101.
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Philip Chenette Feb 6, 2019 6:25 AM
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I also have this question. How is the Endpoint dialog box disabled or hidden?

Or must I uninstall the VPN client to eliminate the dialog?
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