BOINC uses home directory for data not /var/lib/boinc as expected

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BOINC 7.2.42-4.6 from YAST.

Expecting application to store data files to /var/lib/boinc as the README.SUSE file says it should.

Instead, data files are stored in home directory using (username):users ownership permissions.

Example:

-rw-r–r-- 1 myusername users 58502 Dec 28 10:10 all_projects_list.xml

Directory /var/lib/boinc exists and ownership permissions appear OK

drwxr-xr-x 2 boinc boinc 4096 Dec 28 10:00 boinc

Previously had BOINC running under 42.1 with a manual install. Data files were correctly stored in /var/lib/boinc.

2

Do you have any experience with starting boinc-manager automatically? It fails to connect to the host. I shut it down and start it from a root cli. Then it runs until the next reboot.

3

Problem is not that BOINC will not run.

Problem is that BOINC puts data files into the wrong directory.

4

Solved by completely removing everything BOINC, re-installing and re-enabling autostart.