boincmgr(1)

💅 boincmgr(1) — the girlies' guide to the graphical BOINC manager

okay so bestie, welcome to the boincmgr manual page — yes the whole thing lives under the manual name boincmgr, and no we are not skipping a single line of it. this is the graphical manager for the BOINC client, and she's iconic. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

boincmgr — the graphical BOINC manager for the client. that's it, that's the whole vibe. main character energy fr 🔥

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🎀 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]

two whole moods: run the manager with a pile of options, or just ask for help. pick your fighter 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so boincmgr is a graphical controlling and monitoring utility for the BOINC client, which is boinc(1) if you need the receipts. she talks to a running client over TCP/IP using port 31416, lowkey her home address. and here's the thing — she can only connect to one client at a time. not me being monogamous to a single host 💀 it's giving loyal.

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

every single flag, bestie, no skips:

• -h, --help — shows you all the options. the "help me help you" option 💖
• --verbose — generates verbose log messages. she will tell you EVERYTHING. 🗣️
• -a, --autostart — tells the BOINC Manager that the operating system started her automatically. use this if the Manager gets launched at login time 🌅
• -e client_dir, --clientdir=client_dir — the directory containing the locale directory, which is where the Manager's localisation files live 🎀
• -d data_dir, --datadir=data_dir — the directory containing the configuration files 🌸
• -n hostname, --namehost=hostname — hostname or IP address of the client the manager should connect to. iykyk 🦋
• -g port, --gui_rpc_port=port — the RPC port number used to communicate with the client. it has to be the same value as on the client (peep boinc(1)). no mismatches, periodt 💅
• -p passwd, --password=passwd — use passwd as the password for RPC authentication. and listen: if the current working directory contains a file called gui_rpc_auth.cfg, boincmgr will read the password straight out of that file instead 🫶
• -b BOINC_ARGS, --boincargs=BOINC_ARGS — starts the BOINC client with these optional arguments if necessary 🔥
• -i, --insecure — disables BOINC security users and permissions. yes it's literally called insecure, so maybe think about it first 😭
• -c, --checkskins — sets skin debugging mode so you get skin manager error messages 🧚
• -m, --multiple — allows multiple instances of the BOINC manager on this host. clones!! 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• boinc(1)
• boinccmd(1)
• https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/The_BOINC_Manager

go read those too, bestie, they're literally the sibling pages 💜

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2007-2020 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. (yes, that's the whole license note, and yes, we're keeping it word for word 🫡)

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and that's the page, bestie!! source/version is boincmgr(1), dated 03 February 2020 — screenshot it, cite it, stan it. mwah 💋💖