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Former Member
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I am running Gentoo Linux, and BOINC doesn't seem to be able to get new work. The log file says the following.
2006-08-30 13:40:17 [---] Starting BOINC client version 5.5.6 for i686-pc-linux-gnu 2006-08-30 13:40:17 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.15.1 OpenSSL/0.9.7j zlib/1.2.3 2006-08-30 13:40:17 [---] Data directory: /var/lib/boinc 2006-08-30 13:40:17 [---] Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2600+ 2006-08-30 13:40:17 [---] Memory: 882.34 MB physical, 488.70 MB virtual 2006-08-30 13:40:17 [---] Disk: 17.72 GB total, 14.12 GB free 2006-08-30 13:40:17 [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/] URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: not assigned yet; location: (none); project prefs: default 2006-08-30 13:40:17 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults 2006-08-30 13:40:17 [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/] Sending scheduler request: Requested by user 2006-08-30 13:40:17 [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/] Requesting 8640 seconds of new work 2006-08-30 13:40:20 [---] Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 2006-08-30 13:40:22 [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/] Scheduler request failed: problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) 2006-08-30 13:40:22 [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/] Deferring scheduler requests for 10 minutes and 0 seconds 2006-08-30 13:40:34 [---] Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down. |
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Former Member
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Hi 123c
I'm not a Linux expert but I think you have installed the boinc program under /var/lib/boinc this will be a root permissions folder and the message from boinc is querying paths and rights. Basically install the program under /home/user_name/boinc folder then you will have permissions to do anything in that folder cos it's yours not roots. Boinc will also be able to alter files and download to it's data directory as it doesn't need root permision to do that. Hope this help Slapshot |
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I <em>am</em> root.
----------------------------------------Anyway, I think it's specific to the WCG, as BOINC works fine with Rosetta@home. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Aug 30, 2006 2:09:21 PM] |
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Hi yes you can log on and work as root and put in the password as you need to, but boinc cant.
Cheers Slapshot |
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Yes, but /var/lib/boinc is owned by the user boinc (which BOINC runs as).
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Sekerob
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There's been quite a bit of discussion on the SSL CA certificate. Seems before 5.5.x a public / self signed certificate was enough for BOINC Linux. After, signed certificates are required. Some of the early 5.5.x distro's came without one, thus try download install latest....5.6 is out, but if not for your linux version try the 5.5.13 or 5.5.16
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As I said I'm not an expert but the error message is querying pths and access rights, it was just a suggestion until someone more familiar with linux comes along.
2006-08-30 13:40:22 [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/] Scheduler request failed: problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) Just trying to help  Slapshot |
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Thanks Sekerob
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Former Member
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Certificate validation is a complicated subject. World Community Grid have a valid, trusted certificate from one of the certificate authorities - always have, always will.
The problem is validating the chain from the root certificate to the WCG certificate. To do this, the SSL library needs the root certificate package. Look for the file ca-bundle.crt. It should be in the BOINC directory, and be accessible to the BOINC process. However, I strongly suggest you downgrade to the stable release: 5.4.9 for Linux. This version doesn't need the certificate bundle, since it doesn't check the certificate chain (it allows self-signed certificates). Also, running interactively as root is very, very bad practice. |
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