Permission errors

Martin P.
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Since I installed BOINC manager 5.8.17 for MacOS X i keep getting this error message (in all projects):

Quote:
Sa 28 Apr 13:46:30 2007|Einstein@Home|Restarting task h1_0256.60_S5R2__87_S5R2c_0 using einstein_S5R2 version 416
Sa 28 Apr 13:55:49 2007||Can't rename client_state_next.xml to client_state.xml; check file and directory permissions
Sa 28 Apr 13:55:49 2007||(error) Couldn't write state file: system rename

What can I do to change this? If I change the permissions manually BOINC manager will not run anymore and requires a reinstall.

KSMarksPsych
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Permission errors

As I know nothing about OSX, I'm not much help. But does this post from Charlie shed any light on your situation?

Kathryn :o)

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RE: Since I installed BOINC

Quote:

Since I installed BOINC manager 5.8.17 for MacOS X i keep getting this error message (in all projects):

Quote:
Sa 28 Apr 13:46:30 2007|Einstein@Home|Restarting task h1_0256.60_S5R2__87_S5R2c_0 using einstein_S5R2 version 416
Sa 28 Apr 13:55:49 2007||Can't rename client_state_next.xml to client_state.xml; check file and directory permissions
Sa 28 Apr 13:55:49 2007||(error) Couldn't write state file: system rename

What can I do to change this? If I change the permissions manually BOINC manager will not run anymore and requires a reinstall.


Luckily, the solution seems to be here
:)

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Martin P.
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Solved.

Solved.

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