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System Configuration Files

File Where Created By Edited By Purpose
auth2.pw /vice/db initpw auth2 User password database used by auth2.
auth2.tk /vice/db vice-setup Used for secure communication among Coda servers.
dumplist /vice/db vice-setup createvol_rep Specifies which volumes to backup and when.
files /vice/db vice-setup hand Update uses this as a list of files to keep up to date on all Coda servers.
servers /vice/db vice-setup hand Server number. Used as part of a volume number.
prot_users.db prot_index.db /vice/db pdbtool pdbtool User and group database used by Coda file servers
volutil.tk /vice/db vice-setup Used for secure communication among Coda servers.
VLDB /vice/db buildvldb.sh Volume Location Database. Used by clients to locate volumes.
AllVolumes /vice/vol bldvldb.sh Human readable version of VLDB.
VRDB /vice/db volutil makevrdb volutil makevrdb Map group volume names and numbers from a replicated volume to a VSG and the read-write volumes that make up the replicated volume.
VRlist /vice/vol volutil volutil Human readable version of VRDB.
VSGDB /vice/db vice-setup hand Used by createvol_rep to map a VSG to a set of servers.
ROOTVOLUME /vice/db vice-setup hand Used by codasrv to tell clients what volume should be mounted at the root of our Coda tree
maxgroupid /vice/vol vice-setup createvol_rep Used by creatvol_rep when allocating group ids.
partitions /vice/vol bldvldb.sh Lists vice partitions for all servers.
RWlist /vice/vol createvol_rep Lists all read/write volumes.
VolumeList /vice/vol createvol_rep List of volumes on a server.
SrvLog /vice/srv codasrv Log of server activity.
SrvLog-<?> /vice/srv volutil Old SrvLog.
update.tk /vice/db vice-setup Used for securing the communication between update daemons.
UpdateClntLog /vice/misc updateclnt updateclnt Log of updateclnt activity.
UpdateSrvLog /vice/misc updatesrv updatesrv Log of updatesrv activity.
AuthLog /vice/auth2 auth2 Log of authentication server activity.
venus.conf /etc/coda (Client) venus-setup hand Venus configuration file.