Coda File System User and System Administrators Manual: System Files

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## 16. System Files

File | Where | Created By | Edited By | Purpose
-------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | --------------------------
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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