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#1 Unable to add projects through account manager on Linux (command line) [SOLVED]

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:02 pm
by Hal Bregg
I am trying to test BOINC on my VPS but I struggle to attach any projects if I use command

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boinccmd --join_acct_mgr https://boincstats.com/ username password
I get this error

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poll status: operation in progress
poll status: operation in progress
poll status: permanent HTTP error
Disabling firewall did not help.

Any clues?

Many thanks

#2 Re: Unable to add projects through account manager on Linux (command line)

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 8:09 pm
by scole of TSBT
Try this URL...
https://bam.boincstats.com/

and post contents of these files (mask password but leave BAM username) found in /var/lib/boinc-client directory...
account_mgr_reply.xml
account_mgr_request.xml

#3 Re: Unable to add projects through account manager on Linux (command line)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:14 pm
by Hal Bregg
Hi scole of TSB,

Would you mind me asking what exactly do you intent to find in those files?

Many thanks

#4 Re: Unable to add projects through account manager on Linux (command line)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:22 pm
by scole of TSBT
Silly me. I gave you the linux path to those files. Assuming you are running Windows, use Windows Explorer to navigate to the C:\ProgramData\BOINC directory and look for filename that begins with account_mgr_reply. Right click on it, select Edit from the pop-up menu. When the file opens, copy and paste the contents here.

#5 Re: Unable to add projects through account manager on Linux (command line)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:58 pm
by Hal Bregg
I do run it on Linux. Title of the topic says it all :-)

I got this file but for me it's just html or css gibberish. When opened in text editor it actually displayed welcome page of boincstat.com page.
So is there any point in posting it?

Many thanks

#6 Re: Unable to add projects through account manager on Linux (command line)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:09 pm
by scole of TSBT
Did you open it with the text editor or a browser? If opened in text editor it should show all the XML. If so, copy and paste that putting it in code tags

#7 Re: Unable to add projects through account manager on Linux (command line)

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:29 pm
by Hal Bregg
Please accept my apologies for unnecessary earlier posts. I did not use link you suggested and after using it I got this

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poll status: operation in progress
poll status: unexpected XML tag or syntax
And this is what I get from acct_mgr_reply.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<acct_mgr_reply>
  <name>BOINCstatsBAM!</name>
  <version>2.4.2</version>
  <server>www1</server>
  <signing_key>
XXXXXXXXXXXX
  </signing_key>
  <error>User not found or password wrong.</error>
</acct_mgr_reply>
Password is correct. So the only think that come to mind is my username (Hal Bregg) which I have to conceal somehow when issuing command in terminal.

#8 Re: Unable to add projects through account manager on Linux (command line)

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:40 pm
by scole of TSBT
No problem. Either the username or password is incorrect or you don't have a BAM account yet. Can you sign on to BAM from a web browser?

#9 Re: Unable to add projects through account manager on Linux (command line) [SOLVED]

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:53 pm
by Hal Bregg
I have BAM account and I can sign in without issues. Had no issues with signing in on other hosts.
Really frustrating it is.

PS.

What a dumb a...e I am :doh: It was password I had mistyped when issuing command. I should have copied it and pasted into terminal instead of retyping it.
Thank you for your help, scole of TSBT.