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jonathandl
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When I start the BOINC Manager in Mac OS 10.6, I get an error message telling me (the administrator) to add myself (the non-administrative account that I use to browse the Internet) to the "boinc_master" user group. How, exactly, do I do this? Or, must I leave my computer's administrator account logged in continuously in order to run BOINC?
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Hi,
----------------------------------------If what you're asking is not covered here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Installing_BOINC http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Tools_for_Mac_OS_X then you'll have to wait for another OS-X user to help you along. edit (simply, I've no clue, but to google for the answer). TTYL [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Mar 8, 2013 7:21:39 AM] |
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branjo
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Yes, as it is stated in the document "Tools", installer asks whether or not you wish to add all non-admin users to group boinc_master. So the easiest way is to install BOINC again (I recommend to go with version 7.0.31) and check this possibility
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jonathandl
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Adding a user to a group should be easy; it's just that I don't know how. Reinstalling the product or downloading new software (my computer has no AddRemoveUser command, so I'd have to download and install it) seems a bit overkill for what should be a routine administrative task. After all, the error message says that all you have to do is "contact" the "administrator," as if adding a user to a group was completely trivial.
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OS-X is only as user friendly as not having to go beyond the GUI ;>)
Me not know either, but Google beyond a doubt does most anything by leeching off the intertubes. Here's one discussing how to do this (but I'm guessing for you're on 10.6 and this seems to be written for a later version): http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100609140550467 |
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jonathandl
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I will try it... I saw that as one of my search results but I wanted to check here first, to be sure that I wouldn't mess up the science. Thanks for the support
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Looks like the "Users and Groups" in System Preferences appears in 10.7 non-server. So for 10.6 you'll have to modify groups the old school way via command line.
I found this interesting bit of info: "As of BOINC Version 6.10.5, BOINC Manager no longer runs setgid to group boinc_master, because Mac OS 10.6 does not allow it. So it can be run only by users who are members of group boinc_master. By default, the BOINC installer automatically adds all users who are members of group admin to group boinc_master, and optionally adds non-admin users to group boinc_master. ..." http://boinc.berkeley.edu/sandbox.php As suggested already, probably just easier to uninstall and reinstall BOINC to set the group membership correct. I've done it in the past, doesn't take long. |
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jonathandl
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Okay, I used the dseditgroup command as described in this article, but when I type
dseditgroup -o edit -u jdl -p -a (the name of the nonadministrative user) -t user boinc_master it returns the error "Group not found." (The really interesting thing is that it also returns this exact same error even if I mistype the administrative password!) What did I do wrong? |
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jonathandl
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I should also mention that I have BOINC Manager 6.10.58 for Macintosh, and that I recently upgraded from Mac OS 10.4.11 to Mac OS 10.6.8.
Maybe BOINC 6.10.58 does not have a "boinc_master" group?  If that is the case, then the error message would seem to be incorrect; how else might I resolve the problem without having to uninstall and reinstall? Maybe I should add the non-administrative user to a different group? |
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To see if group "boinc_master" and "boinc_project" are there:
dscl . list /Groups | grep boinc Alternate method (article has OS 10.5 but can be used for later versions): NOTE: Be careful if your editing - HINT: BACKUPS http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071101100044328 |
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