Bug 725301

Summary: boinc-manager does not retain password for localhost
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: eckirchn
Component: boinc-clientAssignee: Milos Jakubicek <xjakub>
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Description eckirchn 2011-07-25 02:54:56 UTC
Description of problem:
  Using:
    boinc-client-6.10.58-3.r22930svn.fc15.x86_64
    boinc-manager-6.10.58-3.r22930svn.fc15.x86_64
  boinc-manager does not seem to retain the password for localhost from 
    /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
  boinc-client-6.10.58-3.r22930svn.fc15.x86_64
  boinc-manager-6.10.58-3.r22930svn.fc15.x86_64
  2.6.38.8-35.fc15.x86_64

How reproducible:
  Open boinc-manger, connect to localhost with password in /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg, then close the manager and re-open, you will have to re-enter the password

  
Actual results:
  Every start of boinc-manager requires the localhost password to connect...

Expected results:
  I have it running on i386 F15 w/o any problems, and has worked on both platforms in F14 and earlier (don't recall how far back, but several versions)

Additional info:
  Not sure where this information is stored, or i would edit it as root to make it global.  My users are NOT a part of the boinc group on any machines, working or not.. Historically, i had only enter the localhost password 1 time.

Comment 1 Milos Jakubicek 2011-08-19 20:39:15 UTC
There is no such feature in BOINC manager, either it can open the file or not.

(It has been even requested and -- rightly -- denied: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/470)