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Thread: Windows Server 2008 R2 RC - administrator problems |
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awalt
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Jul 9, 2008 Post Count: 54 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi all,
Here is my problem - I recently upgraded to Windows Server 2008 x64, R2 version, Release Candidate (RC). WCG is running fine, 6.2.28 I noticed that Windows update would not work if I went to the web site to check for other updates - said I needed admin privs. The account I was logged in under was a Domain Admin. So I checked that the local admin on the machne included Domain Admins, which it did. I looked at my account, and my account was not locally set to Administrator, it was set to boinc_admin! So I thought this must be the problem, so I changed it to Admin and logged off/on. When I did that, the boinc client would not connect. I checked the service, which logs on with boinc_master, and that was fine - I could stop and restart the service. So I was forced to make my account boinc_master for WCG to run, but that's wrong - why is this happening, and how can I uncouple my account from boinc account names? thanks |
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Sekerob
Ace Cruncher Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Post Count: 20043 Status: Offline |
Those special BOINC accounts are by design, mostly to create a secure and defended, sandboxed crunching environment. By making those changes you've blown all sorts I'm not informed enough to fix, password, permissions and all, so think uninstalling and reinstalling is the easiest to fix this. When you do, choose protected and All Users, so none admin accounts can run the BOINC manager.
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awalt
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OK I'll try that, but I didn't change anything at all in BOINC - I just upgraded to R2 RC.
Will installing the way you suggest still enable it to run while no one is logged in? |
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Sekerob
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Yes, the default is protected / service mode i.e. it will load before anyone logs in. The All User is optional. If you don't take that only admins can manage stop/start BOINC.
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