Administration files

$RAZOR_UNIVERSE_DIR

DB_Compatibility

This file contains information used internally by Razor to determine database compatibility and should not be modified.

rz_startup

This is a shell script generated at the time the database was created, and is used as a controlled vehicle for starting the related database server. It is this script which gets invoked by the command `razor up'.

Server_status

This file is generated by the Razor database server, and specifies the following four pieces of information...

SERVER_HOST_IP:    <host IP address>
SERVER_HOSTNAME:   <hostname>
RAZOR_PORT_NUMBER: <port number>
RAZOR_KID_NUMBER:  <port number>

Wdefaults

This file, if present, will be referenced by the various Razor/PC client applications to control resources about how the GUI's will appear and act. It is often generated by copying the $RAZOR_HOME/examples/Wdefaults.sample file and making edits as necessary. Only a subset of the X resources honored by the Motif clients are honored by the PC clients. Refer to the appendix "X Resources" on page 273 for information on which specific resources are honored by the PC clients.

Xdefaults

This file, if present, will be referenced by the various Razor programs to control various resources about how the GUI's will appear and act. It is often generated by copying the $RAZOR_HOME/examples/Xdefaults.sample file and making edits as necessary. Refer to the appendix "X Resources" on page 273 for information on specific resources.

$RAZOR_LICENSE_DIR

Databases (issues only)

This file supports the change database capability of issues. The file format is:

<database_name>  <database_path>

...where database_name is the name which will appear on the issues Database pull-down menu and database_path is the fullpath of the database directory (including RAZOR_UNIVERSE). The database_path must match the information displayed when the command "razor info" is entered.

License.conf

This file controls the modes of the license manager. To enable the particular control, add the entry in the License.conf file. Configuration controls are:

DEBUG

Force the license manager to run in debug mode.

LOCAL_PASSWORD_FILE

Force the license manager to use the local password file.

RAZOR_PASSWORD_FILE

Default mode for the license manager

LOCAL_AND_RAZOR_PASSWORD_FILE

Force the license manager to use the local password file. If the userid is not in the local password file, the license manager will use the Razor password file for user validation.

License_status

This file is written by the Razor license manager program (razor_lm). It contains information about which host is running the license manager, and which port is being used. The first three lines of the file contain the following information...

LICENSE_HOST_IP:    <hostIP address>
LICENSE_HOSTNAME:  <hostname>
RAZOR_PORT_NUMBER: <port number>

This will be followed by some comment lines noting when the license server was last invoked.

Licenses

This file contains the license keys which control how many simultaneous users of Razor are allowed at a site. The first line of the file contains either the 8-digit hexadecimal number representing the hostid of the machine which will be running the license manager for the site, or the single word "DEMO".

The second line contains a sequence of 8 digit hexadecimal numbers provided by Tower Concepts. The alphanumeric portion of the hex numbers can be in either upper or lower case.

Everything following the first two lines are ignored by the Razor programs. They are, therefore, available for comments by the users, and are often used to spell out the customer ID¹, how many licenses were purchased, and what the various expiration dates are.

rz_passwd

This file is managed by the Razor license manager program (razor_lm). It contains information concerning user names, passwords, and groups for Razor remote clients. It is a binary file that can NOT be edited. Its contents can be modified with the appropriate razor password commands.²

trusted_users

This file is associated with the database access feature described in "E-mail entry of issues" on page 173. The Razor Administrator will be notified by e-mail to "razor-admin" when a user signs up for this feature. It is at the discretion of the Administrator to add the e-mail entry to this file, identifying the user's e-mail address that will be used in database queries and the local user id associated with the e-mail address.

The format of an entry in this file is

<e-mail address> [...<e-mail address>...] <local name>

where one or more e-mail addresses may be included in an entry with the last field being the local host user id associated with the addresses.

¹ A customer ID number was issued when you received your license keys. Use this ID number when corresponding with Tower Concepts.
² See "Password functions" on page 158.


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DEBUG	Force the license manager to run in debug mode.
LOCAL_PASSWORD_FILE	Force the license manager to use the local password file.
RAZOR_PASSWORD_FILE	Default mode for the license manager
LOCAL_AND_RAZOR_PASSWORD_FILE	Force the license manager to use the local password file. If the userid is not in the local password file, the license manager will use the Razor password file for user validation.