NAME

       afs - Introduction to AFS files

DESCRIPTION

       A number of files must reside on the local disk of AFS server and client machines. They belong to the
       following general categories:

       •   Configuration  files define configuration parameters for specific server and kernel processes such as
           the Backup System Tape Coordinator or the Cache Manager.

       •   Administrative files list information used in administration of server machines, such as  a  list  of
           privileged users or server encryption keys.

       •   Cache-related files contain cached data or information about cached data, on client machines.

       •   Log files contain tracing messages about the operation of a specific process.

       •   Database files contain database records used to administer the AFS cell.

       •   Controller files control the behavior of a process.

       •   Volume header files represent AFS volumes on server partitions.

       For a description of the format and contents of each file, see its reference page.

       Note  for Windows users: Some files described in this document possibly do not exist on machines that run
       a Windows operating system. Also, Windows uses a backslash ("\") rather than a  forward  slash  ("/")  to
       separate the elements in a pathname.

SEE ALSO

       Configuration files:

       BosConfig(5)
       CellServDB(5)
       NetInfo(5)
       NetRestrict(5)
       ThisCell(5)
       butc(5)
       cacheinfo(5)
       krb.conf(5)
       sysid(5)
       tapeconfig(5)
       uss(5)
       uss_bulk(5)

       Administrative files:

       KeyFile(5)
       KeyFileExt(5)
       UserList(5)

       Cache-related files:

       afs_cache(5)

       Log files:

       AuthLog(5)
       BackupLog(5)
       BosLog(5)
       FileLog(5)
       SalvageLog(5)
       VLLog(5)
       VolserLog(5)
       butc(5)
       fms.log(5)

       Database files:

       bdb.DB0(5)
       kaserver.DB0(5)
       kaserverauxdb(5)
       prdb.DB0(5)
       vldb.DB0(5)

       Controller files:

       FORCESALVAGE(5)
       NoAuth(5)
       SALVAGE.fs(5)
       salvage.lock(5)

       Volume header files:

       afs_volume_header(5)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This  documentation  is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD
       by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on  work  by  Alf  Wachsmann  and  Elizabeth
       Cassell.

OpenAFS                                            2025-03-21                                             AFS(5)