Bug 1284394 - boinc user doesn't have ownership over /var/lib/boinc
Summary: boinc user doesn't have ownership over /var/lib/boinc
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1278881
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: boinc-client
Version: 23
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Laurence Field
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-11-23 08:51 UTC by Kees de Jong
Modified: 2015-12-04 12:50 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2015-12-04 12:50:22 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Kees de Jong 2015-11-23 08:51:20 UTC
How reproducible:
When Boinc is installed, the folder /var/lib/boinc doesn't get populated with the necessary files. This is because the boinc-client can't access the folder.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start the boinc-client with systemctl
2. Open the Boinc Manager in GNOME
3. Nothing happens, you can't select any projects, this is because boinc-client can't access the folder.

Expected results:
When the Boinc Manager is started, the user should be able to add projects.


Additional info:
The operating user should also be in the boinc group. So it would be a good idea to at least set the right ownership of /var/lib/boinc and state in the man page that the operating user should be added to this boinc group.

[root@defiant ~]# ll -d /var/lib/boinc
drwxrwxr-x. 5 boinc boinc 4096 Nov 23 09:46 /var/lib/boinc

[root@defiant ~]# id keesj
uid=1000(keesj) gid=1000(keesj) groups=1000(keesj),978(boinc)

Comment 1 Germano Massullo 2015-12-04 12:50:22 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1278881 ***


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