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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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A participant joins a BOINC project as follows:
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<ol>
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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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<ul>
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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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<li> A web password (chosen by the user).
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This is used to access the account via the project's web site.
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<li> Country (optional)
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<li> Postal Code (optional)
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</ul>
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<li> Receive an email containing an <b>account ID</b>,
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aka <b>authenticator</b> (a long random string).
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<li> Download and install the BOINC client program.
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It will ask for an account ID;
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cut and paste the one in the email.
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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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<h3>Multiple hosts under one account</h3>
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<p>
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A single account can use many hosts.
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Once an account has been created as above,
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new hosts can be added in either of two ways:
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<ol>
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<li> Download and install the BOINC client program,
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and cut and paste the 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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