Bug 1344729

Summary:	"Show graphics" option grayed out when gui_rpc_auth.cfg is set with password
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Kees de Jong <keesdejong+dev>
Component:	boinc-client	Assignee:	Laurence Field <Laurence.Field>
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	25	CC:	cheekyboinc, germano.massullo, Laurence.Field, mattia.verga, mmahut, xjakub
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Description Kees de Jong 2016-06-10 14:23:18 UTC

Description of problem: When a password is set in /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg and I login to the BOINC Manager with hostname 127.0.0.1 and the password which is set in gui_rpc_auth.cfg, the "Show graphics" option is grayed out in the Tasks tab. The "Show graphics" option is working when no password is set. According to other people running Linux Mint, Debian and Ubuntu it works fine when the login with 'localhost'. This does not work on my Fedora 23 system.

The upstream bugreport: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/1555


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
# dnf list installed *boinc* | column -t
Last                  metadata       expiration  check:  1:44:07  ago  on  Wed  Jun  8  14:51:01  2016.
Installed             Packages
boinc-client.x86_64   7.6.22-4.fc23  @System
boinc-manager.x86_64  7.6.22-4.fc23  @System


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set a password in /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
2. Make sure the file is owned by the group 'boinc' and your user is added to this group
3. Start boinc-manager
4. Click File --> Select Computer
5. Enter your hostname (only 127.0.0.1 works, which is wrong already) and password from gui_rpc_auth.cfg
6. Click the tab 'Tasks' in the top and select a task, you'll notice that the 'Show graphics' button is grayed out. Without a password set, it works fine.


Additional info: The login as localhost works when you start `boincmgr` from /var/lib/boinc, or when you specify the datadir with `boincmgr -d /var/lib/boinc`. But the 'Show graphics' is still grayed out.
I'm using the Rosetta@home project: https://boinc.bakerlab.org/

# id keesj
uid=1000(keesj) gid=1000(keesj) groups=1000(keesj),36(kvm),986(libvirt),978(boinc),135(mock),1001(docker)

# id boinc
uid=984(boinc) gid=978(boinc) groups=978(boinc)

# ll -Z /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg 
-rw-r-----. 1 boinc boinc unconfined_u:object_r:boinc_var_lib_t:s0 32 Apr 27 21:16 /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg

# ll -Zd /var/lib/boinc
drwxr-xr-x. 5 boinc boinc system_u:object_r:boinc_var_lib_t:s0 4096 Jun  8 16:32 /var/lib/boinc

# semanage boolean -l | grep boinc
boinc_execmem                  (on   ,   on)  Determine whether boinc can execmem/execstack.

Comment 1 Kees de Jong 2016-06-10 14:52:26 UTC

> `boincmgr -d /var/lib/boinc`. But the 'Show graphics' is still grayed out.

This is was wrong, when using that datadir, the login works without a password prompt and the 'Show graphics' button works perfectly.

Comment 2 Fedora End Of Life 2016-11-25 09:16:02 UTC

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Comment 3 Kees de Jong 2016-11-25 16:26:47 UTC

This bug is still present in Fedora 25.

Comment 4 Kees de Jong 2017-04-12 09:07:57 UTC

Possible fix is being tested, there is no release with this fix yet.
More information: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/1555#issuecomment-293512778

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