Participant accounts

Each participant has a separate account with each project in which they participate. An account consists of:

• An email address.
• A public "screen name" (real name or nickname)
• A web password (chosen by the user)
• An authenticator (a 32-byte string assigned by the project)

A participant's accounts are described in an account file on each of their hosts. This file looks like this:

<accounts>
    <project>
        <home_project/>
        <domain>setiathome.berkeley.edu</domain>
        <scheduler_url>http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/boinc-cgi/cgi</scheduler_url>
        <authenticator>3f7b90793a0175ad0bda68684e8bd136</authenticator>
    </project>
    <project>
        <domain>bio.wwu.edu</domain>
        <scheduler_url>http://bio.wwu.edu/boinc-cgi/cgi</scheduler_url>
        <authenticator>3f7b90793a0175ad0bda68684e8bd136</authenticator>
    </project>
</accounts>

One account can be designated as the home project; this is the project where the user maintains their preferences.