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<title>Joining a project</title>
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<h2>Joining a project</h2>
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<p>
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You can join a BOINC project as follows:
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<li> Visit the project's web site and create an <b>account</b>.
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This involves filling out a form with
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<li> An email address.
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<li> A public "screen name" (real name or nickname).
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This also serves as your login name for the project's web site.
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<li> A web password
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(used to log in to the project's web site).
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<li> Country (optional)
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<li> Postal Code (optional)
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<li> You will receive an email containing an <b>account ID</b>
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(a long random string).
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<li> Download and install the BOINC client program.
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It will ask for a project URL and an account ID.
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Enter the project's URL,
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cut and paste the account ID from the email.
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</ol>
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<p>
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That's it!
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You can go to the project web site to set your
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<b>user preferences</b>.
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<h3>Multiple hosts under one account</h3>
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You can run BOINC on many hosts, all under one account.
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Once you have created an account as above,
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you can add new hosts in either of two ways:
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<li> Download and install the BOINC client program on each host,
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and cut and paste the project URL and account ID as above.
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<li> If the new host is the same type as an existing host,
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copy the contents of the BOINC installation directory
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from an existing host to the new host.
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</ol>
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The BOINC client resides in a <b>BOINC home directory</b>.
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If hosts share a network file system,
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each host must have its own BOINC home directory.
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