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Adobe takes back the crown

Ah, just when I thought the Kimbell brothers were going to win the stupid contest for this month, Adobe proves how much ass they kick...

So my licensing won't work anymore. Thank god they check that all the fucking time, and it's evidently so fragile that they have a massive tech note with multiple steps. Even Microsoft gets this shit right. Idiots.

But the process...ah, the process is full of epic fail. First the license recovery launcher tool. I don't know who the fuck is doing Adobe's AppleScripting, but they don't have a fucking clue. First, here, look at the code for this shit:

Yeah...they're scripting terminal. However, since they have a python script with multiple user inputs, I guess that makes sense. Okay, I can live with that. However, look at what the code does. Instead of creating a new window, and running in that. You know via this insanely hard code:

tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script foo
end tell

(do script by itself always creates a new window)

They go and look for an existing window and if it's idle, they run in that. What happens if the "idle" window is oh, say logged into another machine? All kinds of fun errors. There's no excuse here, just create a new goddamned window, and you avoid this shit.

That's stupid #1

Stupid #2

If the above script didn't work, then you have to adjust the permissions on the licensing server folder. This is /Library/Preferences/FLEXnet Publisher/FLEXnet/

What do you need to set the perms to? 777

That's right, in /Library, they want you to make a folder world writeable. Wow Adobe, thanks for creating such a great place to hide malware. I bet this decision was made by the people who think a hidden copy of Opera can't possibly create problems.

But wait, there's more...

Stupid #3

So let's say turning your FLEXnet folder into a gaping hole didn't work. Next, reset the permissions on the Adobe PCD folder. So you go to /Library/Application Support/Adobe/ and there it is, Adobe PCD/

What do you "fix" the permissions to?

777

Yep. Because in Adobe's world, that's okay. Caring is sharing. Idiots. Just once I want to go a month without my Adobelcer flaring up. Just once.

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Ah, just when I thought the Kimbell brothers were going to win the stupid contest for this month, Adobe proves how much ass they kick...\n\nSo my licensing won't work anymore. Thank god they check that all the fucking time, and it's evidently so fragile that they have a massive tech note with multiple steps. Even Microsoft gets this shit right. Idiots.\n\nBut the process...ah, the process is full of epic fail. First the license recovery launcher tool. I don't know who the fuck is doing Adobe's AppleScripting, but they don't have a fucking clue. First, here, look at the code for this shit:\n\n $\"\"$ \n\nYeah...they're scripting terminal. However, since they have a python script with multiple user inputs, I guess that makes sense. Okay, I can live with that. However, look at what the code does. Instead of creating a new window, and running in that. You know via this insanely hard code:\n\ntell application \"Terminal\"\n activate\n do script foo\nend tell\n\n(do script by itself always creates a new window)\n\nThey go and look for an existing window and if it's idle, they run in that. What happens if the \"idle\" window is oh, say logged into another machine? All kinds of fun errors. There's no excuse here, just create a new goddamned window, and you avoid this shit.\n\nThat's stupid #1\n\nStupid #2\n\nIf the above script didn't work, then you have to adjust the permissions on the licensing server folder. This is /Library/Preferences/FLEXnet Publisher/FLEXnet/\n\nWhat do you need to set the perms to? 777 \n\nThat's right, in /Library, they want you to make a folder world writeable. Wow Adobe, thanks for creating such a great place to hide malware. I bet this decision was made by the people who think a hidden copy of Opera can't possibly create problems.\n\nBut wait, there's more...\n\nStupid #3\n\nSo let's say turning your FLEXnet folder into a gaping hole didn't work. Next, reset the permissions on the Adobe PCD folder. So you go to /Library/Application Support/Adobe/ and there it is, Adobe PCD/\n\nWhat do you \"fix\" the permissions to?\n\n777\n\nYep. Because in Adobe's world, that's okay. Caring is sharing. Idiots. Just once I want to go a month without my Adobelcer flaring up. Just once.\n\n\n

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