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16. System Files


File
Where Created By Edited By Purpose
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auth2.pw /vice/db initpw Authentication server to generate secret tokens.
auth2.tk /vice/db hand Used for secure communication among Coda servers.
dumplist /vice/db hand createvol Specifies which volumes to backup and when.
files /vice/db hand hand Update uses the files in files as a list of
files to keep up to date.
groups_coda hand hand By pwd2pdb to create vice.pdb file
hosts /vice/db hand hand Lists all of the servers in this Coda installation.
pro.db /vice/db adduser Coda protection database
servers /vice/db hand hand Server number. Used as part of a volume number.
VLDB /vice/db buildvldb.sh Volume Location Database. Used by clients to
locate volumes.
vice.pcf /vice/db pcfgen pcfgen Auth2 binary password database
vice.pdb /vice/db pwd2pdb pwd2pdb Auth2 clear text password file
volutil.tk /vice/db hand Used for secure communication among Coda servers.
VRDB /vice/db volutil volutil Map group volume names and numbers from
makevrdb makevrdb a replicated volume to a VSG and the read-write
volumes that make up the replicated volume.
VSGDB /vice/db hand hand By createvol_rep to map a VSG to a set of servers
AllVolumes /vice/vol buildvldb.sh Human readable version of VLDB
maxgroupid /vice/vol hand createvol_rep By creatvol_rep when allocating
group ids
partitions /vice/vol bldvldb Lists vice partitions for all servers.
RWlist /vice/vol createvol Lists all read write volumes.
user_coda hand hand By pwd2pdb to create vice.pdb file
VolumeList /vice/vol createvol List of volumes on server
VRlist /vice/vol volutil volutil Human readable version of VRDB.
SrvLog /vice/srv srv Log of server activity.
SrvLog-xx /vice/srv/ volutil Old SrvLog.
UpdateLog /vice/srv update update Log of update activity.
AuthLog /vice/auth2 auth2 Log of authenication server activity.
vstab /usr/coda/etc hand hand Venus configuration file
Several other programs use vstab to get server names

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