My actions:

su -
yum install boinc-client boinc-manager

produced this:


Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: boinc-client ######################### [1/2]
chown: cannot access `/var/log/boinc*': No such file or directory
error: %post(boinc-client-5.10.45-8.20080315svn.fc8.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
Installing: boinc-manager ######################### [2/2]

Installed: boinc-manager.x86_64 0:5.10.45-8.20080315svn.fc8
Dependency Installed: boinc-client.x86_64 0:5.10.45-8.20080315svn.fc8
Complete!


When I run the program by clicking on the icon in /Applications/System Tools/BOINC Manager
the manger window pops up trying to connect to the client but then fails.

Suggestions?

Ok, after the reboot when I run the program I get a pop up window:

Authorization failed connecting to running client. Make sure you start this program in the same directory as the client.

???

Ok, it looks like it is working, but I still get the error if I reboot the computer. I can continue to reload the localhost for now, but would like to make this a permanent fix; I don't reboot all that often.

Any idea as to why it doesn't like having both programs in different directories?

Ok, it looks like it is working, but I still get the error if I reboot the computer. I can continue to reload the localhost for now, but would like to make this a permanent fix; I don't reboot all that often.

Any idea as to why it doesn't like having both programs in different directories?

It's not the programs. It's the gui_rpc_auth.cfg file. I didn't use yum, but I did install from the rpm that was the basis for the yum package. I have a sym link to the cfg file in my home directory. But it may take a bit of fiddling to figure out how to make it with the different accounts and all. I actually made myself part of the boinc group to make my life easier while I was testing and such.

There's no password on the boinc user account, so to get into it, I believe you do `su -` to get into the root account and from there you can do `su boinc`.

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Kathryn :o)

That may work too, I don't know. Here's what I did...

• as root, open /etc/group in a text editor. Make sure it has a line like boinc:x:<group ID number>:<user>, the <group ID number> will already be there don't change it, <user> is your actual username and it may already be there if not then add it, close the file
  
  
• as root, change the permissions on /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg to allow group read
  
  
• create a link to /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg in your home directory
  

The first step ensures your username is included in the BOINC group.
The second step gives all members of the BOINC group permission to read gui_rpc_auth.cfg.
The third step tells the manager where to find the password.

That worked for me. Thanks for all the help.