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wtf juniper.Anyone else find it irritating that junos pulse services and pulse tray must always running in OS X regardless of whether or not you're currently connected?Yeah, me too.I added the following as aliases to my shell to fix this problem.Be sure to change your /Library/LaunchAgents/net.juniper.pulsetray.plist file to reflect the `KeepAli…
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>net.juniper.pulsetray</string>
<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
<array>
<string>Aqua</string>
</array>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Applications/Junos Pulse.app/Contents/Plugins/JamUI/PulseTray.app/Contents/MacOS/PulseTray</string>
</array>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
</dict>
</plist>
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# start and stop the vpn from the command line from now on with these two commands
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startvpn() {
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.pulsesecure.AccessService.plist
launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/net.pulsesecure.pulsetray.plist
}
quitvpn() {
launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/net.pulsesecure.pulsetray.plist
sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.pulsesecure.AccessService.plist
osascript -e 'tell application "Pulse Secure" to quit'
}
@bombastian
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@cizko, thanks, works like a charm! Do you also have a similarly slick solution to the "enter admin password"-dialogue every time one runs start or stop?

@joedaniels29
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I was so pissed when I couldn't get this thing to stop. Thank A bunch for this script its a wonder!!

@caillou
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caillou commented Apr 16, 2018

The latest update to Pulse Secure has moved files around. Here is the updated version for @mevanlc functions:

startvpn() {
    sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.pulsesecure.AccessService.plist
    launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/net.pulsesecure.pulsetray.plist
}
quitvpn() {
    launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/net.pulsesecure.pulsetray.plist
    sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.pulsesecure.AccessService.plist
    osascript -e 'tell application "Pulse Secure" to quit'
}

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Updated but not sure it's still relevant in 2024

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