Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of AccountManagement


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Nov 26, 2010, 8:21:02 PM (14 years ago)
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davea
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  • AccountManagement

    v10 v11  
    7777The AM mechanism takes care of registering new clients centrally.
    7878
    79 == Client functionality ==
    80 
    81 The BOINC client uses the following files to keep track of account manager information.
    82 
    83 
    84 acct_mgr_url.xml
    85     This file identifies the account manager.
    86         It is typically bundled with the BOINC client in an installer package.
    87         Its format is:
    88 {{{
    89 <acct_mgr>
    90     <name>Name of BOINC account management system</name>
    91     <url>http://acctmgr.com/</url>
    92     [ <send_gui_rpc_info/> ]
    93     <signing_key>
    94 1024
    95 ae843acebd4c7250b0fa575d14971b17a56a386a6bb1733d98f4b00460c26159
    96 c8b3217e6cdff938ec0454330c70553fbe3d1f0d0184d8c628db2e093121ee98
    97 8ddbda6e8991879317afccab41f84e9de4903a656f4d3f3e4e7dbc0af9362a05
    98 6ece5ff401a380f3a1d1254d477f7bc84fdcebcca6cb035e776452d3d6d21471
    99 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
    100 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
    101 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
    102 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010001
    103 .
    104     </signing_key>
    105 </acct_mgr>
    106 }}}
    107     The URL is that of the account manager's web site.
    108 
    109     If the <send_gui_rpc_info/> tag is present,
    110         account manager RPCs will include the client's GUI RPC port and password hash (see below).
    111 acct_mgr_login.xml
    112     This file contains meta-account information. Its format is:
    113 {{{
    114 <acct_mgr_login>
    115    <login>name</login>
    116    <password_hash>xxx</password_hash>
    117 </acct_mgr_login>
    118 }}}
    119 The password is stored as MD5(password_lowercase(login)).
    120 
    121 If the client finds acct_mgr_url.xml but not acct_mgr_login.xml,
    122 it prompts for a name and password, stores them in acct_mgr_login.xml, and makes an account manager RPC.
    123 The client offers menu items for making an account manager RPC, and for changing the name/password.
     79
    12480
    12581== Account manager RPCs ==
     
    345301          Then do a query on the host table, grouping by CPID.
    346302
     303== Client configuration files ==
     304
     305The BOINC client uses the following files to keep track of account manager information.
     306These files can be included with installer packages if desired.
     307
     308'''acct_mgr_url.xml''':
     309This file identifies the account manager.
     310It is typically included in an installer package.
     311Its format is:
     312{{{
     313<acct_mgr>
     314    <name>Name of BOINC account management system</name>
     315    <url>http://acctmgr.com/</url>
     316    [ <send_gui_rpc_info/> ]
     317    <signing_key>
     3181024
     319ae843acebd4c7250b0fa575d14971b17a56a386a6bb1733d98f4b00460c26159
     320c8b3217e6cdff938ec0454330c70553fbe3d1f0d0184d8c628db2e093121ee98
     3218ddbda6e8991879317afccab41f84e9de4903a656f4d3f3e4e7dbc0af9362a05
     3226ece5ff401a380f3a1d1254d477f7bc84fdcebcca6cb035e776452d3d6d21471
     3230000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
     3240000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
     3250000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
     3260000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010001
     327.
     328    </signing_key>
     329</acct_mgr>
     330}}}
     331The URL is that of the account manager's web site.
     332
     333If the <send_gui_rpc_info/> tag is present,
     334account manager RPCs will include the client's GUI RPC port and password hash (see below).
     335
     336'''acct_mgr_login.xml''':
     337This file contains meta-account information. Its format is:
     338{{{
     339<acct_mgr_login>
     340   <login>name</login>
     341   <password_hash>xxx</password_hash>
     342</acct_mgr_login>
     343}}}
     344The password is stored as MD5(password_lowercase(login)).
     345
     346If the client finds acct_mgr_url.xml but not acct_mgr_login.xml,
     347it prompts for a name and password, stores them in acct_mgr_login.xml, and makes an account manager RPC.
     348The client offers menu items for making an account manager RPC, and for changing the name/password.