[Bug 1248715] [NEW] Config files in /etc/boinc-client are not owned by boinc user

Githlar 1248715 at bugs.launchpad.net
Wed Nov 6 20:51:01 UTC 2013


Public bug reported:

Upon installation, the config files in /etc/boinc-client (most actually
belong to the manager when it's installed) are owned as root, with the
exception of cc_config.xml. One of the files affected by this bug is
gui_rpc_auth.xml, which contains the password for the local
boincmgr/boinc. However, since boincmgr runs as the boinc user, it's not
able to put its randomly generated password in this file at start. This
causes an issue where upon boincmgr being started, it is blank and
cannot connect to the locally running server. Trying to tell boincmgr to
connect to localhost manually also fails. The only way to get it to
connect is to connect to 127.0.0.1 manually.

Updating the permissions of the files in /etc/boinc-client fixes this
issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: boinc-manager 7.2.7+dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov  6 14:43:13 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/boincmgr
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-19 (18 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: boinc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: boinc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy

** Changed in: boinc (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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