Account File

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The Account File is simply the XML file in the boinc directory that contains Account Information for the Project, it contains the Project Master URL, Authenticator, Project Name, and Host Venue for the specific Host. It'll also contain any project-specific preferences that may or may not apply (ie; the color scheme in SETI@Home II).

The file is named "account_PROJECTURL.xml". So the file names would look like:

Project	File Name
Climateprediction.net	account_climateprediction.net.xml
Einstein@Home	account_einstein.phys.uwm.edu.xml
LHC@Home	account_lhcathome.cern.ch.xml
Predictor@Home	account_predictor.scripps.edu.xml
SETI@Home	account_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml

If you look through the files, the XML tags used to describe them are relatively self-explanatory. But, here is an example:

<account>
    <master_url>http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/</master_url>
    <authenticator>123456789jrofjoir1234567890ikmen</authenticator>
    <project_name>SETI@home</project_name>
    <host_venue>home</host_venue>
<project_preferences>
<resource_share>100</resource_share>
<project_specific>
<format_preset>Custom</format_preset>
        <text_style>Heads-up</text_style>
        <graph_style>Surface</graph_style>
        <max_fps>30</max_fps>
        <max_cpu>10</max_cpu>
        <grow_time>10</grow_time>
        <hold_time>5</hold_time>
        <graph_alpha>0.7</graph_alpha>
        <roll_period>0</roll_period>
        <roll_range>0</roll_range>
        <pitch_period>0</pitch_period>
        <pitch_range>0</pitch_range>
        <starfield_size>0</starfield_size>
        <starfield_speed>0</starfield_speed>
        <color_preset>Custom</color_preset>
        <start_hue>0</start_hue>
        <hue_change>-0.5</hue_change>
</project_specific>
</project_preferences>
</account>

Note: The Authenticator is not my actual "real-world", I changed it to protect my innocence.