diff --git a/bin/backup-crontab b/bin/backup-crontab
deleted file mode 100644
index 5206d96..0000000
--- a/bin/backup-crontab
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# perform backups at five minutes past midnight daily
-5 0 * * * $HOME/bin/dms-backup.sh > $HOME/bklog-`date +%Y-%m-%d` 2>&1
diff --git a/bin/captureStats.sh b/bin/captureStats.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 95107e9..0000000
--- a/bin/captureStats.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-out=stats-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.out
-# clear the output file
-> $out
-
-echo "break to stop stats collection"
-while true; do
-  date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S | tee -a $out
-  vmstat -c 5 | tee -a $out 
-done
diff --git a/bin/deploy-dms.sh b/bin/deploy-dms.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index dfca882..0000000
--- a/bin/deploy-dms.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/bash
-#
-# deploy-dms.sh - cvs update the current dev build and update the version/builddate
-
-wwwroot=/usr/local/www/owl/owl
-version=/usr/local/www/owl/owl/config/owl.php
-tmp=/tmp/owl.php
-
-cd $wwwroot
-cvs update
-# sed the version with today's date
-cat $version | sed 's#@build-date@#`date +%Y%m%d`g' > $tmp
-mv $tmp $version
-rm $tmp
diff --git a/bin/dms-backup.sh b/bin/dms-backup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index aadb0c7..0000000
--- a/bin/dms-backup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/bash
-#
-# backup.sh - archives and copies project cvs root to windoze file server
-# todo: return code checking, mail status
-
-# define paths
-BACKUP_USER=jambackup
-BACKUP_SERVER="//$BACKUP_USER@Jam001/JAM Backups"
-LOCAL_MOUNT=/tmp/backup
-BACKUP_FROM=/usr/local/cvsroot
-BACKUP_TO=/tmp/backup/Backups\ to\ tape/
-
-# check that we're not mounted already
-/sbin/umount $LOCAL_MOUNT
-
-# clear the backup mount point
-/bin/rm -rf $LOCAL_MOUNT
-/bin/mkdir -p $LOCAL_MOUNT
-
-# mount the server
-/sbin/mount_smbfs -N "$BACKUP_SERVER" $LOCAL_MOUNT
-
-# tar up the cvs repository
-archive=mrc_dms_`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz
-/usr/bin/tar czvf /tmp/$archive $BACKUP_FROM
-
-# copy to backup server
-/bin/cp /tmp/$archive "$BACKUP_TO"
-
-# check that its there
-/bin/ls -al "$BACKUP_TO"
-
-# clean up
-/bin/rm /tmp/$archive
-
-# disconnect twice (for safety and because the first try consistently doesn't work)
-/sbin/umount $LOCAL_MOUNT
-/sbin/umount $LOCAL_MOUNT
-
-exit
diff --git a/bin/fix_perms.sh b/bin/fix_perms.sh
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index e5082ef..0000000
--- a/bin/fix_perms.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# displays the script usage message 
-#
-usage() {
-    echo "usage: `basename $0` user:group"
-    echo "       eg. `basename $0` www:wheel"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# check the command line options
-if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
-    usage
-fi
-
-wwwroot=../`dirname $0`
-
-chown -R $1 $wwwroot
-chmod -R 750 $wwwroot/Documents/*
diff --git a/bin/rebuildSearchPermissions.php b/bin/rebuildSearchPermissions.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 8882bff..0000000
--- a/bin/rebuildSearchPermissions.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * $Id$
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Jam Warehouse http://www.jamwarehouse.com
- *
- * This program 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; using version 2 of the License.
- *
- * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- *
- * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * You can contact the copyright owner regarding licensing via the contact
- * details that can be found on the KnowledgeTree web site:
- *
- *         http://www.ktdms.com/
- */
-
-require_once('../config/dmsDefaults.php');
-require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/documentmanagement/Document.inc');
-require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/security/Permission.inc');
-
-$aDocuments = Document::getList();
-foreach ($aDocuments as $oDocument) {
-    Permission::updateSearchPermissionsForDocument($oDocument->getID());
-}
-
-?>
diff --git a/bin/rebuildSearchPermissionsbyUser.php b/bin/rebuildSearchPermissionsbyUser.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b5fcd1..0000000
--- a/bin/rebuildSearchPermissionsbyUser.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * $Id$
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Jam Warehouse http://www.jamwarehouse.com
- *
- * This program 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; using version 2 of the License.
- *
- * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- *
- * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * You can contact the copyright owner regarding licensing via the contact
- * details that can be found on the KnowledgeTree web site:
- *
- *         http://www.ktdms.com/
- */
-
-require_once('../config/dmsDefaults.php');
-require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/users/User.inc');
-require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/security/Permission.inc');
-
-$aUsers = User::getList();
-foreach ($aUsers as $oUser) {
-    Permission::updateSearchPermissionsForUser($oUser->getID());
-}
-
-?>
diff --git a/bin/setPermissionFolder.php b/bin/setPermissionFolder.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a94bce..0000000
--- a/bin/setPermissionFolder.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * $Id$
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Jam Warehouse http://www.jamwarehouse.com
- *
- * This program 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; using version 2 of the License.
- *
- * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- *
- * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * You can contact the copyright owner regarding licensing via the contact
- * details that can be found on the KnowledgeTree web site:
- *
- *         http://www.ktdms.com/
- */
-
-require_once('../config/dmsDefaults.php');
-require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/foldermanagement/Folder.inc');
-
-$sQuery = "SELECT id FROM $default->folders_table WHERE permission_folder_id IS NULL";
-
-$aIDs = DBUtil::getResultArrayKey($sQuery, 'id');
-
-foreach ($aIDs as $iID) {
-    $oFolder =& Folder::get($iID);
-    $oFolder->calculatePermissionFolder();
-    $oFolder->update();
-}
-
-?>