my knowledge of linux is by far slim to none.. however my webhost uses linux on there servers and i use ssh every so often.. its my understanding that there can be / are different users on a linux system. with various permissions for folders for different users..
sooo.. what user is boinc supposed to run under and who "owns" the folder its trying to write/read to/from ? if boinc is running under a user that dosent have permission to read/write in that particulare folder/directory youl have problems.
again, i know very very little about linux other than how to list a directory and how to delete a hidden htaccess file. soo take this with a grain of salt lol.
seeing without seeing is something the blind learn to do, and seeing beyond vision can be a gift.
my knowledge of linux is by far slim to none.. however my webhost uses linux on there servers and i use ssh every so often.. its my understanding that there can be / are different users on a linux system. with various permissions for folders for different users..
sooo.. what user is boinc supposed to run under and who "owns" the folder its trying to write/read to/from ? if boinc is running under a user that dosent have permission to read/write in that particulare folder/directory youl have problems.
again, i know very very little about linux other than how to list a directory and how to delete a hidden htaccess file. soo take this with a grain of salt lol.
Thats not the case either.
I know its stupid but i'm running as root.
Thats not the case either.
I know its stupid but i'm running as root.
Don't ever do that.
Use a nonprivileged account, /home/myname or whatever, download and install BOINC there, f.i. at /home/myname/boinc/.
The following is from memory, how I used to do things on my old Slackware system:
Log into a tty and cd to the boinc catalog.
Then attach BOINC to the Einstein project (by f.i. issuing "./boinc --host http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu --passwd mylongpassword" and some other commands - issue "./boinc --help" for options. Useful options may be -attach_project and -update_prefs. Commands may be kept in a script for reuse.)
Then just issue "exec ./boinc &", log out from the tty, go back to the X screen and start boincmgr. Everything should work fine.
my knowledge of linux is by
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my knowledge of linux is by far slim to none.. however my webhost uses linux on there servers and i use ssh every so often.. its my understanding that there can be / are different users on a linux system. with various permissions for folders for different users..
sooo.. what user is boinc supposed to run under and who "owns" the folder its trying to write/read to/from ? if boinc is running under a user that dosent have permission to read/write in that particulare folder/directory youl have problems.
again, i know very very little about linux other than how to list a directory and how to delete a hidden htaccess file. soo take this with a grain of salt lol.
seeing without seeing is something the blind learn to do, and seeing beyond vision can be a gift.
RE: my knowledge of linux
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Thats not the case either.
I know its stupid but i'm running as root.
RE: Thats not the case
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Don't ever do that.
Use a nonprivileged account, /home/myname or whatever, download and install BOINC there, f.i. at /home/myname/boinc/.
The following is from memory, how I used to do things on my old Slackware system:
Log into a tty and cd to the boinc catalog.
Then attach BOINC to the Einstein project (by f.i. issuing "./boinc --host http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu --passwd mylongpassword" and some other commands - issue "./boinc --help" for options. Useful options may be -attach_project and -update_prefs. Commands may be kept in a script for reuse.)
Then just issue "exec ./boinc &", log out from the tty, go back to the X screen and start boincmgr. Everything should work fine.
Greetings, ragnar schroder