A client of mine stumbled across this issue and after some digging it appears to be fairly common. In my experience, FortiClient tends to have more issues with Mac OS in general. For this particular problem though I have had success by rolling back the FortiClient. Downloading the latest from FortiClient tends to be the spot where most people run into issue. Not sure what it is about the older versions that work versus the new one but it is an obvious bug.
If you are sitting around waiting for it to be resolved I wouldn’t get your hopes up. Fortinet tends to be a little slower resolving MAC related issues with the FortiClient software when compared to Windows etc…..guess we can chalk that up to market share.
Anyways, roll back your client to an earlier version and see if that resolves the issue for you. I would give you a specific version to roll to but it seems to vary from environment to environment.
Thing To Remember: Sierra is brand new, so the issues, obviously, may not be on the FortiClient side (at least not completely).
Client can be installed in OS X Sierra; the anti-virus doesn’t work, however. Leave the online installer running, go to “/var/private”, search for “fctupdate”, go to the folder, run the installed from the “forticlient.dmg” in that folder. You’ll get a message to the effect that “avkern.kext” is not compatible (which means the anti-virus database apparently won’t update). Also: your existing VPN configs appear to go bye bye as a result of the update. That said, haven’t actually tested anything yet.
Thanks for the information Thomas!
Any news about getting a working version from Fortinet?
I found a source for older versions of Forticlient:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cb0j4pxw1f8nq84/AABJBxUrmhiRfwHjAIBKe1DSa/mac?dl=0
Here is a summary of each folder:
Folder File/version
Root 5.4.1.519
271427 5.4.1.519
289210 5.4.1.516
376913 5.4.0.512
378259 5.4.1.515
379946 5.4.1.514
Have not heard anything so far. I will keep you guys posted though.
FortiClient_5.4.2.523_macosx.dmg 2016-11-10 16:11:07
On Mac OS X 10.12, when upgrading FortiClient to 5.4.2, you must use the OnlineInstaller from the FortiClient
– FortiClient (Mac OS X) supports Mac OS X v10.12 Sierra.
– FortiClient in standalone mode no longer includes a banner at the bottom of the console.
Hi any update. Not able to install forticlient on MacOs Sierra 10.13.5. giving 111 error
I just ran a test and was able to install on my MacBook Pro running Mac OS High Sierra 10.13. Let me do some digging for you.
Hi Mike, Any insights?
Hi any update. I am getting error 111 when i try to connect