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+__author__ = "Steffen Vogel"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright 2013, Steffen Vogel"
+__license__ = "GPLv3"
+__maintainer__ = "Steffen Vogel"
+__email__ = "post@steffenvogel.de"
+__status__ = "Prototype"
+
+"""
+ This file is part of transWhat
+
+ transWhat is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ any later version.
+
+ transwhat is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with transWhat. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+DB_HOST = "localhost"
+DB_USER = ""
+DB_PASS = ""
+DB_TABLE = "transwhat"
+
+BASE_PATH = "/opt/transwhat"
+
+TOKEN_FILE = BASE_PATH + "/logs/tokens"
+MOTD_FILE = BASE_PATH + "/conf/motd"
+REQUESTS_FILE = BASE_PATH + "/logs/requests"
+
+GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID = ""
+GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET = ""
+
+SIPGATE_USERNAME=""
+SIPGATE_PASSWORD=""