Tried the suggestion in comment #9 and that produced the error message "Invalid client RPC password. Try reinstalling BOINC."
I already did a reinstall using aptitude. I also found a version of the file at a higher level, but messing with that one didn't help, either. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1895157 Title: Boinc cannot enable RPC access to start client or manager To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/1895157/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs