Bug#562022:

2010-04-25 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
I was replying to Vedran who said "but it works if i start boinc (the daemon) as root", which is a horrible idea. I *know* the default configuration runs under the 'boinc' user. -- Nicolas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Bug#562022:

2010-04-25 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
Running the BOINC daemon as root is one of the worst things you can do for your computer's security. Automatically downloading binaries from 3rd party servers and executing them as root? -- Nicolas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Bug#562022: [boinc-client] Doesn't work (Auth failure)

2009-12-22 Thread Vedran Furač
Hi! René Mayorga wrote: > I tried to reproduce this bug on 4 boxes, I was able to pass commands > using boinccmd without any password set on gui_rpc_auth.cfg > > If I set a password I could connect properly if the --passwd option was > set before the command option: > > @tepitzin:~ $ boinccmd -

Bug#562022: [boinc-client] Doesn't work (Auth failure)

2009-12-22 Thread René Mayorga
severity 562022 important tag 562022 + unreproducible thanks Hi Vedran, and thanks for your bug report, On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 01:18:14AM +0100, Vedran Furač wrote: > > % boinccmd --get_state > Authorization failure: -155 > > # cd /etc/boinc-client > # echo test > gui_rpc_auth.cfg > # boincc

Bug#562022: [boinc-client] Doesn't work (Auth failure)

2009-12-21 Thread Vedran Furač
Package: boinc-client Version: 6.10.17+dfsg-2 Severity: grave Freshly installed boinc-client: % boinccmd --get_state Authorization failure: -155 ...reading README.Debian, googling a bit... # cd /etc/boinc-client # echo test > gui_rpc_auth.cfg # boinccmd --get_state --passwd test Authorization