boincmgr (1) Linux Manual Page
boincmgr – The graphical BOINC manager for the client.
Synopsis
boincmgr [–verbose] [-a] [-e client_dir] [-d data_dir] [-n hostname] [-g port] [-p passwd] [-b BOINC_ARGS] [-i] [-c] [-m] boincmgr [-h | –help]Description
The BOINC manager (boincmgr) is a graphical controlling and monitoring utility for the BOINC client (boinc(1)). It communicates with a running client using port 31416 over TCP/IP. It can only connect to one client at a time.Options
- -h, –help
- Show all options.
- –verbose
- Generate verbose log messages.
- -a, –autostart
- Tells the BOINC Manager that it was started by the operating system automatically. Use this if the Manager is started at login time.
- -e client_dir, –clientdir=client_dir
- Directory containing the locale directory containing the Manager localisation files.
- -d data_dir, –datadir=data_dir
- Directory containing the configuration files .
- -n hostname, –namehost=hostname
- Hostname or IP address of client to which the manager should connect to.
- -g port, –gui_rpc_port=port
- RPC port number used to communicate with the client. Has to be the same value as on the client (see boinc(1)).
- -p passwd, –password=passwd
- Use passwd as password for RPC authentication. If the current working directory contains a file gui_rpc_auth.cfg, boincmgr will read the password from this file.
- -b BOINC_ARGS, –boincargs=BOINC_ARGS
- Startup the BOINC client with these optional arguments if necessary.
- -i, –insecure
- Disable BOINC security users and permissions.
- -c, –checkskins
- Set skin debugging mode to enable skin manager error messages.
- -m, –multiple
- Allow multiple instances of BOINC manager on this host.
See Also
boinc(1), boinccmd(1) <http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/The_BOINC_Manager>
Copyright
Copyright © 2007-2013 University of California.Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.