I would like to run boinc under limited account type in XP Pro. I installed and ran it successfully under administrator account, but when trying to run it under the limited account, I get the following error:

BOINC GUI Diagnostic Error:
BOINC Runtime Exception - 108 File Operation Failure
Failed to reopen stderr for diagnostics redirection (overwrite)
Filname: '\Boincsrc\Man\boinc\lib\diagnostics.C'
Line: '82'

I can get it to work doing a "Run As..." an adminstrator within the limited account, but I would rather have it just start up automatically after logging in without having to type in the credentials. If anyone has been able to do this, I would like to know how.

If this won't work, would the command-line client be any different?

Maybe you installed the BOINC Software into the "Program Files" directory?
This directory is read-only for normal users. Only admin-peolpe are allowed to write here.

This is another fine security measurement the old Billy Boy from Redmont tortures us with.

Try to install BOINC to another directory. Like 'C:\\BOINC' or so. Just outside of the directories originally created and maintained by Windows.

Best regards,

Marcel Ellerbrok

> This is another fine security measurement the old Billy Boy from Redmont
> tortures us with.

I think this is OK. If you need to have write access just create a new group and grant it the privileges it needs, then join this group.

> Try to install BOINC to another directory. Like 'C:BOINC' or so. Just outside
> of the directories originally created and maintained by Windows.

You might as well grant full-access to the limited users group for the directory you installed BOINC in.

Yes, there's also another way: install BOINC as a service, then run the service under the admin's account.

> You might as well grant full-access to the limited users group for the
> directory you installed BOINC in.

I tried installing BOINC in other directories (even the supposedly access-friendly "shared documents" directory) with no avail. Granting full access to the "limited users group" (aka Users group) is the only thing that worked. However, it was difficult to figure out as I had to stumble upon the "Use simple file sharing" option in the folder view options panel and turn it off. I was then able to actually give the group full rights to the folder and it now works like a charm.

Thanks for the help!