Boinc manager stopped withmessage regarding invalid password

[tckosvic]

boinc has been running for years on this system. boinc is a distributed computation application. I went to check statistics this afternoon. boinc manager wouldn’t start properly with message below. I have not made any changes to boinc in months.

Invalid client RPC password.  Try reinstalling BOINC

I did the suggested reinstall of manager as suggested with no change. boinc client is still running as I can see the cpu usage in “system manager”. I can also see the boinc transfer messages in lnav. No tab works on the gui so there is no re-login possibility. I also did a system reboot.

I don’t know what an RPC password is.
This could also be a boinc connection issue with no openSUSE involvement.
I will also post on boinc forum.

Anyone else seeing this issue?

thanks, tom kosvic

[tckosvic]

Problem solvedby steps below found on internet search:

Generate a New RPC Password
Use the following command to create a new password:

sudo apt -y install pwgen
pwgen 30 1 | sudo tee /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg


Set Correct Permissions
Ensure that the permissions for the RPC password file are set correctly:

sudo chown root:boinc /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
sudo chown root:boinc /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg

Add User to BOINC Group
Add your user to the BOINC group to allow access:

sudo usermod -a -G boinc $USER

Restart the BOINC Client
Finally, restart the BOINC client to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart boinc-client