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Rlupo07
Rlupo07

Reputation: 51

Unable to Launch Safaridriver

OS: macOS Sierra

Browser: Safari v11.0.3

Problem: Cannot launch safaridriver even though safaridriver --enable has been run.

Error

'safaridriver could not launch because it is not configured correctly or you need to authenticate. Re-run safaridriver(1) and pass the '--enable' flag to configure and/or authenticate. For more information, consult the safaridriver(1) man page.'

Error Log

qa01:~ svctest$ safaridriver --enable
Password:
qa01:~ svctest$ safaridriver -p 0
ERROR: safaridriver could not launch because it is not configured
correctly or you need to authenticate. Re-run safaridriver(1) and
pass the '--enable' flag to configure and/or authenticate.
For more information, consult the safaridriver(1) man page.
qa01:~ svctest$

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6197

Answers (4)

Brian Burg
Brian Burg

Reputation: 815

Many bugs have been fixed in safaridriver --enable since this question was asked, including fixes for running under sudo. Please close the question.

Upvotes: 1

Dmitro Tatalan
Dmitro Tatalan

Reputation: 1

This works for me:

sudo -u <your user> safaridriver --enable

After that you can see in Safari menu Develop->Allow Remote Automation is checked

Upvotes: 0

Rlupo07
Rlupo07

Reputation: 51

The issue is the logged in account privileges. Even though an admin password was used to enable the Safari driver the logged in account was not an admin.

Upvotes: 0

Igor Maximov
Igor Maximov

Reputation: 596

you need to run it as a superuser, that will correctly save new configuration: sudo safaridriver --enable

Upvotes: 3

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