OperationalError: attempt to write a readonly database after the latest OSX 10.12 update (Beta)

[ikorin]

privacy_services_manager.py add accessibility /Applications/myApp.app INFO: ################################################################################ Privacy Services Manager, version 1.6.10

service:  accessibility
action:   add
app(s):   ['/Applications/myApp.app']
user:     N/A
template: False
language: N/A

INFO: Set to modify global permissions for all users at '/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db'. INFO: Inserting 'com.myApp.myApp' in service 'accessibility'... ERROR: OperationalError: attempt to write a readonly database

[uurazzle]

Hello Igor:

Sorry for the late response, thanks for the email. We will investigate the issue and get back to you on status.

On Sep 6, 2016, at 2:22 PM, Igor Korin [email protected] wrote:

privacy_services_manager.py add accessibility /Applications/myApp.app INFO: ################################################################################ Privacy Services Manager, version 1.6.10

service: accessibility action: add app(s): ['/Applications/myApp.app'] user: N/A template: False language: N/A

INFO: Set to modify global permissions for all users at '/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db'. INFO: Inserting 'com.myApp.myApp' in service 'accessibility'... ERROR: OperationalError: attempt to write a readonly database

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Thanks:

Richard Glaser University of Utah, Marriott Library ITS [email protected]

[sousaphonic]

Has a fix for this been found?

[SamBaRufus]

Not necessarily a fix, so much as a work-around: Since macOS 10.12, /Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db is protected by SIP, so no modifications can be made to the file using privacy_services_manger unless 1 of 2 things occur:

1. Disable SIP
2. Boot to the Recovery Partition and run rm -rf /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC

After performing one of these 2 steps, privacy_services_manager.py will continue to work normally (although if you follow step 2, it will be reverted back to SIP protection after an OS upgrade)

I've been trying to get some documentation in place as well as a workflow that will make this more explicit, but other tasks have stalled my progress on this.

[sousaphonic]

Ok yeah that makes sense. Thanks for the reply! That’s frustrating for sure but helps us move forward. Thanks again!

• Phil

On Nov 3, 2017, at 4:48 PM, Sam Forester [email protected] wrote:

Not necessarily a fix, so much as a work-around: Since macOS 10.12, /Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db is protected by SIP, so no modifications can be made to the file using privacy_services_manger unless 1 of 2 things occur:

Disable SIP Boot to the Recovery Partition and run rm -rf /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC After performing one of these 2 steps, privacy_services_manager.py will continue to work normally (although if you follow step 2, it will be reverted back to SIP protection after an OS upgrade)

I've been trying to get some documentation in place as well as a workflow that will make this more explicit, but other tasks have stalled my progress on this.

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