We\'re trying to make a script which installs and runs boinc on remote machines. It\'s machines we have legitimate access to, and we want to automate it. Normally, Unix programs can be run non-interactively, giving input as arguments or with shell variables. Boinc uses both of these, but not near as much as is needed. For example it would be great to be able to specify what project to use and the user ID as arguments. These would be great improvements to already neat software.

When you install the software on remote machines, it should be a simple matter for you to include the appropriate account*.xml files in the install directory. That attaches the projects automagically and the client should immediately begin working. My personal preference is to run a project under a normal user account as a cron job, but YMMV.