Registering a new user

To register yourself with Sarovar, visit the main sarovar.org page and click the New Account option, found to your browser's top right. The following information will be required to complete the registration:

Login Name

Choose the username to access the Sarovar system. It should not contain any uppercase letters, and should generally be a combination of your name and surname; e.g. "juser" for John User.

Password

Pick the password for your Sarovar account. It must be at least 6 characters long and, of course, not too obvious. It should be easy to remember for you but hard to guess for others. Don't use your cat's or dog's names, or the name of your birth city. You should use a clever combination of letters and numbers instead.

Full/Real Name

Provide your full name.

Language Choice

Select your preferred language. The choice will not only influence the language but also other specifics, such as the date display. Right now we do not have any indian languages available, but we are working on it. Take a look at the Sarovar Translation Project page if you'd like to help us extend the language choice.

Timezone

Select your timezone to have all the dates displayed relative to it. GMT is the pre-selected default.

E-mail Address

Provide your e-mail address. The address should be correct, or you will not receive the Sarovar confirmation e-mail needed to complete the registration and activate the account. After you successfully receive the e-mail, you'll have to visit the account activation URL that we'll send you. It's the only way you can become a registered user.

Receive Email about Site Updates

If you select this option, you'll periodically receive sarovar.org service information. The list traffic is very low and it is recommended that you activate this option.

Receive additional community mailings

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Registering a new project

To register a new project, log into your account, then visit the main sarovar.org page and click the New Project option, found to your browser's right. The following information will be required to complete the project registration:

Project Full Name

The project name; e.g. "Sarovar Documentation Project". The name has a length limit of 40 characters.

Project Purpose and Summarization

Provide us with a brief and precise summary for the project. It is important that you get it right, since we'll use it as the basis for our project approval decision. Besides the project description, we'd like to hear which Sarovar services, and in what ways, would you like to use primarily. A link to your existing project files (if you have any) is another winning point.

License

Select a license for your software.

Project Public Description

Specify the public project description which will appear on the Project Summary page

Project Unix Name

Specify your project's Unix name which should abide the following restrictions:

1. The name should be unique and match no other Sarovar project name
2. It should be between 3 and 15 characters in length
3. It should be all lowercase
4. It should only consist of standard characters, numbers and dashes

The Unix name will be used for your Sarovar website, the CVS repository, and the shell access to Sarovar. Please note that you won't be able to change your Unix project name later. Once a project is established and gets the name, it will not be possible to change it.

Clicking the I AGREE button will submit your project registration request to the Sarovar staff. Note that you won't be able to access the project immediately; it will first have to be appproved by the sarovar.org administrators. In case everything goes well (and it should), you'll receive the project activation notice within 72 hours.

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Login

You can log in by clicking the Login option, found to your browser's top right; just above the New Account option that you already got familiar with. The form requires that you provide a valid username and password to access the site. Once logged in, you will be taken to your Sarovar account page.

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Logout

To log out, click Logout, found to your browser's top right.