Having to reauthenticate

[mcovington]

Once last night, and twice tonight, BYNikon asked me to enter my user name (not key, just user name) to re-authenticate.  (My work style is such that I start BYNikon and shut it down more than once per session, e.g., early on to take flats, and then later to take pictures; I may also stop when changing camera batteries.)

What's going on?

 

[admin]

Try in elevated admin rights, there could be an issue with the configuration file access.

[mcovington]

I'm skeptical about that because nothing has changed and it doesn't do it every time.  But if you can tell me where that file is, I'll check permissions on it.

[mcovington]

When it reauthenticates, is it contacting your server?  Would it have been able to run if I had not been connected to the Internet?

[astroman133]

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Try in elevated admin rights, there could be an issue with the configuration file access.

Running BYE with Admin rights can cause side effects with regard to ASCOM. It is to avoided.

[admin]

7 hours ago, mcovington said:

When it reauthenticates, is it contacting your server?  Would it have been able to run if I had not been connected to the Internet?

For purchase keys internet is not required, if it can't reach the server it will do a local validation and let you go on with your night no problem.

License file is stored in c:\users\<username>\appdata or the registry, depending on the version.

[mcovington]

Thanks, I will see if anything is wrong with the permissions on the license file.

 

[mcovington]

12 hours ago, astroman133 said:

Running BYE with Admin rights can cause side effects with regard to ASCOM. It is to avoided.

I think I dimly remembered hearing about that, which is why I was reluctant to run it that way.  I'll check file permissions.  It is now consistent -- every time I launch BYNikon I have to reauthenticate.

[admin]

Run with admin once, only to start the app and to authenticate, this will reset the license file / registry. The close it, and start it normally, see if this makes a difference.

 

[admin]

14 hours ago, admin said:

For purchase keys internet is not required, if it can't reach the server it will do a local validation and let you go on with your night no problem.

License file is stored in c:\users\<username>\appdata or the registry, depending on the version.

Oh, and this should be the registry location

\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\O'Telescope\BackyardEOS (or BackyardNIKON)

[mcovington]

It didn't stay fixed.  It is again requiring me to reauthenticate almost every time I launch it.  What's going on?

 

[admin]

Which version are you using, all 3 numbers please?

It's a permission issue, that I'm 99% sure og.

[s3igell]

Depending on which AV System you are running, it too can BLOCK Registry Writes (as symptom of Malware Activity).  Disable your AV Software for a short period, and try the Admin Priv execution of BYN.  Then, once complete restart your AV Software...