macOS Prevent Cisco AnyConnect from Automatically Start
2024年02月14日
NOTE
In macOS, when you execute the
PID (Process Identifier): The PID is a unique number assigned by the operating system to each running process. This identifier is used to reference the process in various system-level operations. In the context of
Status: The Status field shows the exit status of the process the last time it was run. This is particularly useful for debugging or monitoring purposes, as it can indicate whether the service or agent exited normally or with an error. A status of
Understanding the PID and Status can help with managing and troubleshooting services and background processes on macOS, as it provides insight into which processes are currently running and whether they've encountered any issues upon their last execution.
% launchctl list com.cisco.anyconnect.gui
% launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist
% launchctl list | awk 'NR==1 || /anyconnect/'
% ls /Library/LaunchAgents/com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist
Stop Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client from starting up automatically
Search for any Cisco AnyConnect related items.
% launchctl list | awk 'NR==1 || /anyconnect/'
PID Status Label - 255 com.cisco.anyconnect.aciseposture 674 0 application.com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.8965410.8965415 545 0 com.cisco.anyconnect.gui - 0 com.cisco.anyconnect.notification
NOTE
In macOS, when you execute the
launchctl list command, it provides a list of services and agents managed by launchd, the system and service manager in macOS. This command outputs several columns of information for each item, including "PID" (Process Identifier) and "Status". Here's what they mean:PID (Process Identifier): The PID is a unique number assigned by the operating system to each running process. This identifier is used to reference the process in various system-level operations. In the context of
launchctl list, if a service or agent is currently running, its PID will be displayed in the PID column. If the service or agent is not running, you will see a "-" in this column, indicating that there is no active process associated with that item.Status: The Status field shows the exit status of the process the last time it was run. This is particularly useful for debugging or monitoring purposes, as it can indicate whether the service or agent exited normally or with an error. A status of
0 typically means that the process exited successfully without any errors. A non-zero status indicates an error or abnormal termination, with different numbers providing insight into the nature of the error based on the specific conventions of the application or the system.
- A positive status code usually represents a custom exit code specified by the application.
- A negative status code often represents a signal number that caused the process to terminate. For example,
-9would indicate the process was killed withSIGKILL(signal 9).
Understanding the PID and Status can help with managing and troubleshooting services and background processes on macOS, as it provides insight into which processes are currently running and whether they've encountered any issues upon their last execution.
% launchctl list com.cisco.anyconnect.gui
{
"LimitLoadToSessionType" = "Aqua";
"Label" = "com.cisco.anyconnect.gui";
"OnDemand" = true;
"LastExitStatus" = 0;
"Program" = "open";
"ProgramArguments" = (
"open";
"--wait-apps";
"/Applications/Cisco/Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.app";
);
};
If you find any, you can remove them using the launchctl remove <label> command, where <label> is the label of the Cisco AnyConnect item found in the list.% launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist
% launchctl list | awk 'NR==1 || /anyconnect/'
PID Status Label - 255 com.cisco.anyconnect.aciseposture - 0 com.cisco.anyconnect.notification
% ls /Library/LaunchAgents/com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist
References
Stop Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client from starting up automatically