acct_mgr_rpc

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Summary

Make an rpc to an account manager. (Client will need temporary network access). It has three uses. Used by the --join_acct_mgr command of the ​boinccmd) tool to join an account manager. Used by the same tool's --quit_acct_mgrcommand with null arguments to quit an account manager. And lastly used to trigger an RPC to the current account manager.

There are two requests depending on whether there is a file with the necessary data or not.

Request XML

With file:

<acct_mgr_rpc>
    <use_config_file/>
</acct_mgr_rpc>

Without file:

<acct_mgr_rpc>
    <url></url>
    <name></name>
    <password></password>
</acct_mgr_rpc>

Response XML (where applicable)

This request is asynchronous. It returns immediately with either <success/> or one of the following errors: <error>bad arg</error> or <error>unrecognized op: act_mgr_rpc</error>. To get the results of the request a call to <acct_mgr_rpc_poll/> has to be made.