I managed to change the files with the proper commands I guess ... Also the Linux Box is showing up on my Windows Box that's running BoincTasks.

Problem I have now though is BOINC won't run, it will start but loses all info in the BOINC Manager saying it can't write to the client_state.xml file. I checked the permissions & it should be able to so don't know what the problem is.

I may have to completely uninstall BOINC again & start from scratch if I can't get it to run ...

Steve, you are at war with imaginary mills ;o)

1.in unix, everything has 3 blocks of rights - user, group and others (+ special flags but this is separate)
try to become a member of the boinc group

sudo usermod -aG boinc steve

and then try to operate with files - it will partially help

2.Links - soft and hard.
in fact, the files you need are not in the folder where you are trying to get them, they are in a different place.
and there are only links. enter the command

ls -la /var/lib/boinc-client/

and you will see everything (if it is still alive)

so the folder boinc is a link to the boinc-client folder

the rest of the files can be found in the folder /etc/boinc-client/
it is here that they can be edited, and from here copied to yourself

it is better not to look for crypto certificates at all ;o)

It's all Greek to me .. lol

Great information but does nothing to get BOINC to run, going to uninstall boinc (May just format & re-install Linux again) ... I'm lost right now trying to get boinc to run, apparently when changing permissions I changed something I shouldn't have changed ...

It won't let me even uninstall boinc, from the messages I get it appears all boinc related software is locked from me doing anything with it, my only choice may be to re-install Linux ...

going to uninstall boinc

make purge, not only unistall

try like this:
- standard installation
- disable autoload "systemctl disable boinc-client"
- manual launch on your own behalf in your folder


PS if you have a dedicated box only for BOINC
during the installation, create a user named boinc and then work with it


PS2 or just set a password for the special user of the boinc (after installing the client, there is no password) and enter the system as a regular user. or change the active user while working.
just always run the client with the same name - otherwise you will get a problem with access rights

I have it running again boinc that is & it's being monitored on my windows box downstairs :) ... Deleted the BOINC Files from the Home Directory then deleted the client_state.xml file from the var/lib/boinc directory & tried starting boinc back up & it started & downloaded Wu's from the projects still in the manager.

Lost the Wu's I had but no big deal, I accomplished what I wanted to do > monitor the Linux Box with BoincTask from my Win Box ... !!!

PS: I still have permissions too on the files I need to change if necessary :)

PS: Thanks to everybody that helped out or tried to help out anyway, Linux commands are just a bunch of mumbo jumbo to me but I figured it out with some help so alls well in the end ...

These have always worked for me:
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Stop_or_start_BOINC_daemon_after_boot

sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client start

Laughed so much from this thread. It was war with imaginary mills, indeed.

These have always worked for me:
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Stop_or_start_BOINC_daemon_after_boot

sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client start

That wiki article is horribly outdated :/
For Debian/Ubuntu it should be:
systemctl start/stop boinc-client for manual start/stop
systemctl enable/disable boinc-client for enable/disable autostart

It works.

I have it running again boinc that is & it's being monitored on my windows box downstairs :) ... Deleted the BOINC Files from the Home Directory then deleted the client_state.xml file from the var/lib/boinc directory & tried starting boinc back up & it started & downloaded Wu's from the projects still in the manager.

Lost the Wu's I had but no big deal, I accomplished what I wanted to do > monitor the Linux Box with BoincTask from my Win Box ... !!!

PS: I still have permissions too on the files I need to change if necessary :)

PS: Thanks to everybody that helped out or tried to help out anyway, Linux commands are just a bunch of mumbo jumbo to me but I figured it out with some help so alls well in the end ...

I use Linux Mint, a variant of Ubuntu, and after I find the file I want to change I back out and then do a right click on the name of the folder where the file is and click 'open as root' that asks for my admin password and then opens the folder giving me full access to the files in it. I do all this thru Files and often have to click here there and everywhere before I finally find the file I'm looking for but it works for me.