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#1 Kubuntu help required....
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:54 pm
by MacDitch
I've been experimenting with Kubuntu recently and the only serious drawback is an inability to set the controls the way I want them!
Whenever I try to ammend the cc_config file I get told I don't have sufficient access. Anyone know how to get around this?
#2
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:09 pm
by PinkPenguin
Open a terminal window - the following presumes that boinc has been installed for the user
boinc so all files belong to that user:
(root password)
(... or emacs or vi or whichever editor you prefer).
This isn't necessary if you are just copying the file but you need to do the copy as root.
When you have saved the file it belongs to root so it needs to be made readable and writable by boinc:
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chown boinc cc_config.xml
chgrp boinc cc_config.xml
If you want to make it readable and writable by anyone:
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chmod a+rw /var/lib/boinc-client/cc_config.xml
....if you prefer a graphic interface you can always launch Nautilus as root using the following command:
#3
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:52 pm
by MacDitch
I can see why I didn't trip over that during my attempts.
When I get everything running again I'll give that lot a go. Unfortunately, I clicked on something to let it do a major upgrade (from Ubuntu 8.10 to 10.something!) and it seems to have crashed out somehow. Each time I reboot I get further through the upgrade but the fun is definitely wearing thin...
