I am very new to BOINC and I am in the midst of setting up a BOINC server as well as trying to configure workstations. I am at the steep point of the learning curve...but I am making progress..

I am trying to do everything with the command line because I will need to set up multiple machines to connect to a single project server.

Right now, I can attach a boinc client to the project with:
./boinc_cmd --project_attach http://host/project <weak key>

But, I haven't been able to set the account for the client, nor the team which is <user_name> and <team_name> in the xml files. I can't see the computer in the user account on the server either.

The following doesn't seem to work:
boinc_cmd --lookup_account

When you attach to a project with a weak account key, shouldn't it automatically be part of the users account?

The boinc server I am setting up has account creation disabled, except I did create this one account for testing. It is still using the "uppercase" program until I convert our program to boinc...but that is a whole another ball game.

Thanks for reading!

The weak key should be in the form "<account#>_<long hex number>", if the server just provides the long hex number it will not work properly.

Once a client is attached it should retrieve the team name and user name from the server automatically.

One of the easy ways to attach multiple hosts to a project is attach one host, then copy the account*.xml file to the BOINC directory of the other hosts. The next time BOINC is started it will attach to the project automatically.

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The weak key should be in the form "<account#>_<long hex number>", if the server just provides the long hex number it will not work properly.

Once a client is attached it should retrieve the team name and user name from the server automatically.

I believe that is what I used. It looks like 1_<weak_key>, where I am account #1.
./boinc_cmd --project_attach http://host/project 1_<weak__key>

I am wondering if the computer information on the account web page on the project server isn't being shown because the project server is in "maintenance" mode. So, the computer isn't attached?

I am also looking at client_state.xml and client_state_prev.xml and wondering why the <user_name></user_name> <team_name></team_name> fields are emtpy/

One of the easy ways to attach multiple hosts to a project is attach one host, then copy the account*.xml file to the BOINC directory of the other hosts. The next time BOINC is started it will attach to the project automatically.

Thanks for the hint. That will be helpful.

The weak key should be in the form "<account#>_<long hex number>", if the server just provides the long hex number it will not work properly.

Once a client is attached it should retrieve the team name and user name from the server automatically.

I believe that is what I used. It looks like 1_<weak_key>, where I am account #1.
./boinc_cmd --project_attach http://host/project 1_<weak__key>

I am wondering if the computer information on the account web page on the project server isn't being shown because the project server is in "maintenance" mode. So, the computer isn't attached?

Oh definitely. You can't attach to a project if the server is down!

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