Bug#458007: boincmgr: local preferences are not saved

[Frank S. Thomas]

tags 458007 + confirmed
stop

Hi Sandro,

On Thursday 27 December 2007 22:31, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> changing local preferences, they are not saved.
>
> To replicate it (that was what I was trying to do):
>
> 1. run boincmgr
> 2. open Advanced > Preferences
> 3. click on Network tab
> 4. change Maximum download rate
> 5. click OK
> 6. re-exec step 2.
>
> you'll note that the value is not changed.
>
> I run boincmgr with a different user from the one running boinc client
> (boinc).

I explained in http://bugs.debian.org/441792 why changing local preferences 
with the BOINC Manager is not possible with the default configuration. Could 
you please test if the local preferences are saved after you've changed the 
permission of the /etc/boinc_client/global_prefs_override.xml file?

I've also said in this mail that I'll document this in boinc-manager's or 
boinc-client's README.Debian, but obviously I didn't. :-( To address your 
report, do you think it would be enough to explain why local preferences are 
not saved how this can be changed?

Grüße,
Frank
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