Hi Frank, > I explained in http://bugs.debian.org/441792 why changing local preferences > with the BOINC Manager is not possible with the default configuration. Could
oh, sorry I missed that bug, but the subject was a little bit misleading ;) > you please test if the local preferences are saved after you've changed the > permission of the /etc/boinc_client/global_prefs_override.xml file? # chmod 0664 /etc/boinc-client/global_prefs_override.xml and the preferences are saved now. > I've also said in this mail that I'll document this in boinc-manager's or > boinc-client's README.Debian, but obviously I didn't. :-( To address your > report, do you think it would be enough to explain why local preferences are > not saved how this can be changed? It would help for sure! Anyway, I'd like to elaborate some other solution to this, for example: since using boinc manager I can stop/start elaboration, attaching to/detach from project and so on with a normal user (nor boinc nor root) why can't I even change local preferences? Would be a such a real threat? I know that is root that install boinc software, but once done, every user can change boinc behaviour; so, adding a note in README.Debian would allow the admin to workaround the problem. A similar issue is for graphics visualization (I would fill a separated report, but since we are discussince about authorizations): since boinc-client is running as 'boinc' and the X not (since it's started by the logged in user) no graphics is displayed by default; the used need to explicitly allow boinc to use its X session, and this could be a problem for non-experienced users. I'd like to adress this problem too. Cheers, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, Morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
