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#1 Authorization failure: -155 on Ubuntu 16.04 [SOLVED]
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:44 pm
by Hal Bregg
Hi all,
I stopped some projects from receiving more work on one of my host through boinstats and now when I try to check status on of onging tasks with
all I get is
Authorization failure: -155
No matter if I run this command as root or sudoer, results are the same.
I checked BOINC status with
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/etc/init.d/boinc-client status
● boinc-client.service - Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/boinc-client.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2019-01-27 20:18:35 CET; 1 day 2h ago
Process: 1398 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown boinc:boinc /var/log/boinc.log /var/log/boincerr.log (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 1367 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/touch /var/log/boinc.log /var/log/boincerr.log (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1405 (sh)
Tasks: 9
Memory: 212.8M
CPU: 1d 1h 57min 27.398s
CGroup: /system.slice/boinc-client.service
├─1405 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/boinc --dir /var/lib/boinc-client >/var...
├─1407 /usr/bin/boinc --dir /var/lib/boinc-client
├─7228 ../../projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/setiathome_8.00_x86_...
├─7551 ../../projects/milkyway.cs.rpi.edu_milkyway/milkyway_1.46_x...
└─7776 ../../projects/wuprop.boinc-af.org/data_collect_v4_425_x86_...
#2 Re: Authorization failure: -155 on Ubuntu 16.04
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:45 pm
by davidbam
Maybe something like ...
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boinccmd --host IP_ADDR --passwd xxx --get_state
#3 Re: Authorization failure: -155 on Ubuntu 16.04
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:41 pm
by Hal Bregg
davidBAM wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:45 pm
Maybe something like ...
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boinccmd --host IP_ADDR --passwd xxx --get_state
I need some clarification with the syntax of the command, david.
The host is VPS and I assume I must put its IP address, right? If so, terminal throws same error as in the subject but with number 102 instead.
#4 Re: Authorization failure: -155 on Ubuntu 16.04
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:51 pm
by davidbam
Then you should await arrival of a real expert
I use this for all my Linux machines but, thinking of it, I have already given them all a password for remote access (I'd replace passwd with that password). On Linux, I give a password by
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sudo echo -n myPassword >/usr/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
sudo service boinc-client restart
#5 Re: Authorization failure: -155 on Ubuntu 16.04
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:56 pm
by scole of TSBT
Is the boinc client on that system configured to allow remote connections? Can you connect to it using the boinc manager on another system or using boinctasks?
#6 Re: Authorization failure: -155 on Ubuntu 16.04
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:06 pm
by Hal Bregg
davidBAM wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:51 pm
Then you should await arrival of a real expert
I use this for all my Linux machines but, thinking of it, I have already given them all a password for remote access (I'd replace passwd with that password). On Linux, I give a password by
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sudo echo -n myPassword >/usr/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
sudo service boinc-client restart
None of this worked
scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:56 pm
Is the boinc client on that system configured to allow remote connections? Can you connect to it using the boinc manager on another system or using boinctasks?
I don't have it configured.
I searched a little bit but could not find anything useful. Or my searching skills are not up to scratch.
#7 Re: Authorization failure: -155 on Ubuntu 16.04
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:19 pm
by scole of TSBT
if addition to change the password in the file /usr/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg, you must also....
If it's running boinc version 7.4.25 or higher, you need this line in the cc_config.xml
<allow_remote_gui_rpc>1</allow_remote_gui_rpc>
after you add it you must restart the boinc client
If it's running boinc version earlier than 7.4.25, you'll need to add the ip addresses of the remote systems you want to give permission to access that boinc client in file /usr/lib/boinc/remote_hosts.cfg. Then you must restart the boinc client
AND you must have access to that system on port 31416. If it's at a hosting site and you don't have direct access to that ip and port, won't work.
#8 Re: Authorization failure: -155 on Ubuntu 16.04
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:22 pm
by Hal Bregg
It's right time to close this thread.
It turned out that 'lockfile' was responsible for authorization failure. I deleted 'lockfile' from both home and from /var/lib/boinc-client directories and restarted boinc-client.
According to some various threads on different forums (I'd forgotten to take a note of which one), BOINC program was failing sometimes to delete mentioned file upon closure and causing authrisation failure.