How to enter password in prime.txt?

2011-04-27, 15:33

Hi,

I went to set up mprime in my gentoo system by just running emerge gimps, and following the isntructions in the comments.

Later, I decided to start an account, set the userid in the prime.txt config file, but can't figure out how to set my password. The computer is at home, and I am here on campus.

Now, I have one of my two cores running LMH assignments from 64 to 65 bits, and since it is a 64 bit system, some of these should have finished by now. I see no assignments finished on my account. I'm hoping if I edit the config fgile to put my password in (how do I do this?)

Mini-Geek · 2011-04-27, 21:56

Prime95 and mprime do not require a password to be entered in the clients (they used to in old versions, v24 or older which were clients for PrimeNet v4 or older, but not in client v25/PrimeNet v5). You only need the password for logging in to your account at http://mersenne.org.
Also, make sure you're setting the right fields in the right files. In prime.txt:

Code:

V5UserID=YourUserId

And optionally in local.txt: (this allows you to easily see which computer's which when you look at your account)

Code:

ComputerID=ThisComputersId

2011-04-28, 00:08

Thanks. I think the issue might be that I checked out the exponents when I was still anonymous. I hope I get credit for the ones I checked out as anonymous now that I have a user id set.

Mini-Geek · 2011-04-28, 02:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thanks. I think the issue might be that I checked out the exponents when I was still anonymous. I hope I get credit for the ones I checked out as anonymous now that I have a user id set.

As long as your worktodo.txt still has the assignment IDs (long strings, 64 digits IIRC, of numbers from 0-F) for the exponents, it should be credited correctly when you submit them.

2011-04-27, 15:33	#1
Unregistered 5×7×79 Posts	How to enter password in prime.txt? Hi, I went to set up mprime in my gentoo system by just running emerge gimps, and following the isntructions in the comments. Later, I decided to start an account, set the userid in the prime.txt config file, but can't figure out how to set my password. The computer is at home, and I am here on campus. Now, I have one of my two cores running LMH assignments from 64 to 65 bits, and since it is a 64 bit system, some of these should have finished by now. I see no assignments finished on my account. I'm hoping if I edit the config fgile to put my password in (how do I do this?)

2011-04-27, 21:56	#2
Mini-Geek Account Deleted "Tim Sorbera" Aug 2006 San Antonio, TX USA 17×251 Posts	Prime95 and mprime do not require a password to be entered in the clients (they used to in old versions, v24 or older which were clients for PrimeNet v4 or older, but not in client v25/PrimeNet v5). You only need the password for logging in to your account at http://mersenne.org. Also, make sure you're setting the right fields in the right files. In prime.txt: Code: V5UserID=YourUserId And optionally in local.txt: (this allows you to easily see which computer's which when you look at your account) Code: ComputerID=ThisComputersId Last fiddled with by Mini-Geek on 2011-04-27 at 22:01

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2011-04-28, 00:08	#3
Unregistered 20B2₁₆ Posts	Thanks. I think the issue might be that I checked out the exponents when I was still anonymous. I hope I get credit for the ones I checked out as anonymous now that I have a user id set.