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adrianxw
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29 Oct 2005 10:45:21 UTC
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    I've done something silly, (crowd mumbles "No suprises there"). I had Windows 95 running on a machine and yesterday upgraded it to NT4. That allowed me to try out the new 5.2 core client.

    I started pressing buttons to see what happened and I've managed to get myself stuck. I pressed File->Select Computer and it asked me which, so I entered the name of another BOINC machine on my LAN, but since I'd not set up any passwords anywhere, didn't supply one. It failed to connect. Thing is, now I can't connect back to the original machine either.

    What password is it looking for here? How do I get back to normal?

    The WiKi is talking about IP addresses, but since my addresses are DHCP I don't know in advance what the address for any particular node will be, (apart from my web server which I force to have the same address every time).

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    Michael Roycraft
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    Password?

    29 Oct 2005 10:54:18 UTC
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      ... What password is it looking for here? How do I get back to normal?

      The WiKi is talking about IP addresses, but since my addresses are DHCP I don't know in advance what the address for any particular node will be, (apart from my web server which I force to have the same address every time).

      Adrianxw,

      There are a few threads in Problems and Bug Reports about this issue, so best to check over there. The 5.x Boinc has password settings for networked computers. I believe the gist of it is that you have to go to the webpage of your account and tell it to change password, then enter something that you can easily remember, and save changes.

      Regards,

      Michael

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      Gary Roberts
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      RE: What password is it

      29 Oct 2005 11:16:58 UTC
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        What password is it looking for here? How do I get back to normal?

        Have a look for a file called gui_rpc_auth.cfg on the machine you were trying to attach to. That file contains the password you need to use to attach your BOINC Manager to that machine.

        For reattaching to your local BOINC just type in "localhost" for the machine name and it should attach automatically. If it needs a password it will be in the local copy of gui_rpc_auth.cfg but I'm pretty sure it will find it anyway.

        Report back if you have problems.

        Cheers,
        Gary.

        adrianxw
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        Thanks, I've got back "into"

        29 Oct 2005 11:53:30 UTC
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          Thanks, I've got back "into" the machine I have the 5.2 client running on. I guess that gui... file is a newer thing, it does not exist on my other machines which are running the 4.25 core.

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