Posts by mauromol

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : gui_rpc_auth.cfg exists but can't be read. Check the File permissions. (Message 101195)
Posted 21 Oct 2020 by mauromol
Post:
So, thanks for your input.

@Richard: indeed a
systemctl restart boinc-client
fixed the "Invalid RPC client password", now the manager starts with no error and I can see my projects. I didn't have to change any password.

@floyd: so you suggest to revert my chmod 664 on /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg, but if I do this I'm pretty sure I will get again the "gui_rpc_auth.cfg exists but can't be read". Also, I'm a bit lost: even if I set permissions 664, the manager was complaining about the RPC password until I restarted the client, like if the two components were not using the same credentials. So, should I understand from last Richard message that indeed my installation is still using a password and that 664 is the right permission to set on /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg?

Is there anything else I should do to ensure proper configuration after upgrading from 7.16.6 to 7.16.15?
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : gui_rpc_auth.cfg exists but can't be read. Check the File permissions. (Message 101190)
Posted 21 Oct 2020 by mauromol
Post:
I started to get this "gui_rpc_auth.cfg exists but can't be read" error after I updated my BOINC client and manager 7.16.6 installed from official Ubuntu 20.04 repos to 7.16.15 version installed from https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/boinc to check whether bug https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/3715 was fixed or not.

I fixed this by
chmod 664 /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
(thanks Bryn), but now I get another error on manager start:

Invalid RPC client password. Try reinstalling BOINC.


My manager window is completely blank, not showing my projects.

Suggestions welcome.




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