>
> Since i can't use a server and client on the same machine, i'm doing
> something like
why not?

> server: using /home/httpd/htdocs
> client: using /coda/server1/home/httpd/htdocs
>
> both will read and write to files.
>
Actually, the server stores file- and metadata seperately, i.e., if your 
coda-root were /home/httpd/htdocs, you would only find files named 1, 2, 
3, etc.

Regards,
Michael