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By default, BOINC daemon is started by root and supposedly drops |
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permissions after a bit. However, the CERNVM VirtualBox application |
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cannot run as root, so they recommend running BOINC from a user |
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account that has virtualbox permissions; VirtualBox, on the other |
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hand, will not run as root for security reasons. |
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I got around this by making BOINC as "user" and moving its $HOME to |
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/home/boinc/ and I don't think I had to change anything (except the |
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/etc/conf.d/boinc file.) I am not using any hardening in the kernel, |
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so that may complicate things. |
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I currently run some 11 projects, including SETI, CERN, Einstein, and |
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World Community Grid. Everything works fine for me. |
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G.Wolfe Woodbury |
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redwolfe@×××××.com |
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