Bug 121896

Summary:	boinc_gui: unauthorized, incorrect password
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Martin von Gagern <Martin.vGagern>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Marcus D. Hanwell (RETIRED) <cryos>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Martin von Gagern 2006-02-06 15:42:19 UTC

With the current version of boinc, I no longer get a connection to the running boinc client by executing boinc_gui. Instead I get an error message: "The passwort you have provided is incorrect, please try again".

I have configured no password, and I would not know how to do this.

"-allow_remote_gui_rpc" is the only command line argument to boinc_client.

Ethereal tells me that the two processes were indeed communicating over TCP port 1043. I can attach the TCP stream if that would be of any use, but it really looks like a failed authentication.

boinc_gui worked in previous versions of boinc, perhaps two months ago.

kboincspy gets a lot of unauthorized messages over the TCP connection as well, but emits no error message to the user. And it can display at least some information.

Comment 1 Martin von Gagern 2006-02-07 04:25:56 UTC

I found the password contained in /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
This file seems to be randomly created by boinc_client, not the ebuild.
Maybe an einfo in the ebuild would help.

Comment 2 Marcus D. Hanwell (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-02-25 11:45:02 UTC

I agree, einfo added. Sorry about the delay - real life is really hectic at the moment.