diff --git a/castor/Constants.cpp b/castor/Constants.cpp
index a45161ff39a6da80691b420c87ad7d384bf142d0..40fb3482e5ee2cd74883af00d2cc02c072feeaee 100644
--- a/castor/Constants.cpp
+++ b/castor/Constants.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ const char* castor::ObjectsIdStrings[ObjectsIdsNb] = {
   "ListPrivileges",
   "Privilege",
   "ListPrivilegesResponse",
-  "PriorityMap",
+  "DELETED TYPE",
   "VectorAddress",
   "Tape2DriveDedication",
 
diff --git a/castor/Constants.hpp b/castor/Constants.hpp
index 13a9b001516c74de71049d3088cec45b7e9957f5..bd5d3aff7a6da2b47e748fede7af952a2ad228c1 100644
--- a/castor/Constants.hpp
+++ b/castor/Constants.hpp
@@ -179,9 +179,6 @@ namespace castor {
     OBJ_Privilege = 156,
     OBJ_ListPrivilegesResponse = 157,
 
-    /* object for segment priority */
-    OBJ_PriorityMap = 158,
-
     /* vector address for bulk operations */
     OBJ_VectorAddress = 159,
 
diff --git a/castor/Imakefile b/castor/Imakefile
index 7d1014711a1e443373009e4a51f8f1e56dc90578..bd0e11ad24768fe26967011bf3578938c9707c3d 100644
--- a/castor/Imakefile
+++ b/castor/Imakefile
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ STGLIB_SRCS = BaseAddress.cpp \
               stager/GCFile.cpp \
               stager/GCFileList.cpp \
               stager/MoverCloseRequest.cpp \
-              stager/PriorityMap.cpp \
               stager/PutStartRequest.cpp \
               stager/QryRequest.cpp \
               stager/PutFailed.cpp \
diff --git a/castor/db/ora/OraStagerSvc.cpp b/castor/db/ora/OraStagerSvc.cpp
index 988b9c48b34a8f23f642886f721ed3346b5f4872..c40e48bc2b729d382d4443ee7cc3b19999f4a12e 100644
--- a/castor/db/ora/OraStagerSvc.cpp
+++ b/castor/db/ora/OraStagerSvc.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
 #include "castor/exception/NotSupported.hpp"
 #include "castor/stager/SubRequestStatusCodes.hpp"
 #include "castor/stager/DiskCopyStatusCodes.hpp"
-#include "castor/stager/PriorityMap.hpp"
 #include "castor/stager/BulkRequestResult.hpp"
 #include "castor/stager/FileResult.hpp"
 #include "castor/rh/Client.hpp"
@@ -1295,121 +1294,6 @@ int castor::db::ora::OraStagerSvc::setFileGCWeight
   }
 }
 
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// selectPriority
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-std::vector<castor::stager::PriorityMap*>
-castor::db::ora::OraStagerSvc::selectPriority
-(int euid, int egid, int priority)
-  throw (castor::exception::Exception) {
-  try {
-
-    // Check whether the statements are ok
-    if (0 == m_selectPriorityStatement) {
-      m_selectPriorityStatement =
-	createStatement(s_selectPriorityStatementString);
-      m_selectPriorityStatement->registerOutParam
-        (4, oracle::occi::OCCICURSOR);
-    }
-
-    // Execute the statement
-    m_selectPriorityStatement->setInt(1, euid);
-    m_selectPriorityStatement->setInt(2, egid);
-    m_selectPriorityStatement->setInt(3, priority);
-
-    m_selectPriorityStatement->executeUpdate();
-
-    // Return value
-    std::vector<castor::stager::PriorityMap*> priorityList;
-    oracle::occi::ResultSet *rs = m_selectPriorityStatement->getCursor(4);
-
-    // Run through the cursor
-    oracle::occi::ResultSet::Status status = rs->next();
-    while (status == oracle::occi::ResultSet::DATA_AVAILABLE) {
-      castor::stager::PriorityMap* item = new castor::stager::PriorityMap();
-      item->setEuid((u_signed64)rs->getDouble(1));
-      item->setEgid((u_signed64)rs->getDouble(2));
-      item->setPriority((u_signed64)rs->getDouble(3));
-      priorityList.push_back(item);
-      status = rs->next();
-    }
-    m_selectPriorityStatement->closeResultSet(rs);
-    return priorityList;
-
-  } catch (oracle::occi::SQLException e) {
-    handleException(e);
-    castor::exception::Internal ex;
-    ex.getMessage()
-      << "Error caught in selectPriority(): uid ("
-      << euid << ")" << " gid (" << egid << ")"
-      << std::endl << e.what();
-    throw ex;
-  }
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// enterPriority
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void castor::db::ora::OraStagerSvc::enterPriority
-(u_signed64 euid, u_signed64 egid, u_signed64 priority)
-  throw (castor::exception::Exception) {
-  try {
-
-    // Check whether the statements are ok
-    if (0 == m_enterPriorityStatement) {
-      m_enterPriorityStatement =
-        createStatement(s_enterPriorityStatementString);
-      m_enterPriorityStatement->setAutoCommit(true);
-    }
-
-    // Execute the statement
-    m_enterPriorityStatement->setDouble(1, euid);
-    m_enterPriorityStatement->setDouble(2, egid);
-    m_enterPriorityStatement->setDouble(3, priority);
-    m_enterPriorityStatement->executeUpdate();
-
-  } catch (oracle::occi::SQLException e) {
-    handleException(e);
-    castor::exception::Exception ex(e.getErrorCode());
-    ex.getMessage()
-      << "Invalid input: uid ("
-      << euid << ")" << " gid (" << egid << ")"
-      << std::endl << e.what();
-    throw ex;
-  }
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// deletePriority
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void  castor::db::ora::OraStagerSvc::deletePriority(int euid, int egid)
-  throw (castor::exception::Exception) {
-  try {
-
-    // Check whether the statements are ok
-    if (0 == m_deletePriorityStatement) {
-      m_deletePriorityStatement =
-        createStatement(s_deletePriorityStatementString);
-      m_deletePriorityStatement->setAutoCommit(true);
-    }
-
-    // Execute the statement
-    m_deletePriorityStatement->setInt(1, euid);
-    m_deletePriorityStatement->setInt(2, egid);
-    m_deletePriorityStatement->executeUpdate();
-
-  } catch (oracle::occi::SQLException e) {
-    handleException(e);
-    castor::exception::Internal ex;
-    ex.getMessage()
-      << "Error caught in deletePriority(): uid ("
-      << euid << ")" << " gid (" << egid << ")"
-      << std::endl << e.what();
-    throw ex;
-  }
-}
-
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // getConfigOption
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/castor/db/ora/OraStagerSvc.hpp b/castor/db/ora/OraStagerSvc.hpp
index 89bcda92793a87f456cbdd6cd286660c370f884d..8830a156b47cf4f741c5933890592706654c6872 100644
--- a/castor/db/ora/OraStagerSvc.hpp
+++ b/castor/db/ora/OraStagerSvc.hpp
@@ -356,38 +356,6 @@ namespace castor {
         virtual castor::stager::SubRequestStatusCodes createRecallCandidate(u_signed64 srId)
           throw (castor::exception::Exception);
 
-        /**
-         * Select priority for recall
-         * @param euid the userid of the user
-         * @param egid the groupid of the user
-         * @return priority value
-         * @exception in case of an error
-         */
-        std::vector<castor::stager::PriorityMap*>
-        selectPriority(int euid, int egid, int priority)
-          throw (castor::exception::Exception);
-
-        /**
-         * Enter priority for recall
-         * @param euid the userid of the user
-         * @param egid the groupid of the user
-         * @param priority  rating
-         * @exception in case of an error
-         */
-        void enterPriority(u_signed64 euid,
-                           u_signed64 egid,
-                           u_signed64 priority)
-          throw (castor::exception::Exception);
-
-        /**
-         * Delete priority for recall
-         * @param euid the userid of the user
-         * @param egid the groupid of the user
-         * @exception in case of an error
-         */
-        void deletePriority(int euid, int egid)
-          throw (castor::exception::Exception);
-          
         /**
          * Gets a configuration option from the CastorConfig table
          * @param class a string containing the option class (e.g. stager)
diff --git a/castor/db/oracleCommon.schema.sql b/castor/db/oracleCommon.schema.sql
index 3bf065a8bcd6aa5c1806495f12b8631bbc8d3860..9d73e9ad2bd799037601d234fad18ab972b5f147 100644
--- a/castor/db/oracleCommon.schema.sql
+++ b/castor/db/oracleCommon.schema.sql
@@ -621,10 +621,6 @@ CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE DeleteTermReqHelper
 CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE getFileIdsForSrsHelper (rowno NUMBER, fileId NUMBER, nsHost VARCHAR(2048))
   ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS;
 
-/* SQL statements for table PriorityMap */
-CREATE TABLE PriorityMap (euid INTEGER, egid INTEGER, priority INTEGER) INITRANS 50 PCTFREE 50 ENABLE ROW MOVEMENT;
-ALTER TABLE PriorityMap ADD CONSTRAINT UN_Priority_euid_egid UNIQUE (euid, egid);
-
 /*
  * Black and while list mechanism
  * In order to be able to enter a request for a given service class, you need :
diff --git a/castor/db/oracleSchema.sql b/castor/db/oracleSchema.sql
index 8750a762a53d33ab245040ed4918b067a0e1f452..338c93cbdb96a5426414b7ab88f760e807829f34 100644
--- a/castor/db/oracleSchema.sql
+++ b/castor/db/oracleSchema.sql
@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ INSERT INTO Type2Obj (type, object) VALUES (154, 'RequestType');
 INSERT INTO Type2Obj (type, object) VALUES (155, 'ListPrivileges');
 INSERT INTO Type2Obj (type, object) VALUES (156, 'Privilege');
 INSERT INTO Type2Obj (type, object) VALUES (157, 'ListPrivilegesResponse');
-INSERT INTO Type2Obj (type, object) VALUES (158, 'PriorityMap');
 INSERT INTO Type2Obj (type, object) VALUES (159, 'VectorAddress');
 INSERT INTO Type2Obj (type, object) VALUES (160, 'Tape2DriveDedication');
 INSERT INTO Type2Obj (type, object) VALUES (161, 'TapeRecall');
diff --git a/castor/db/oracleStager.sql b/castor/db/oracleStager.sql
index aad59c48344ac790c221d0d06fff2f99a50932ee..706192cb0acab7448f811c4fe0d8baa576296bde 100644
--- a/castor/db/oracleStager.sql
+++ b/castor/db/oracleStager.sql
@@ -3302,47 +3302,6 @@ BEGIN
 END;
 /
 
-
-/* PL/SQL method implementing selectPriority */
-CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE selectPriority(
-  inUid IN INTEGER,
-  inGid IN INTEGER,
-  inPriority IN INTEGER,
-  dbInfo OUT castor.TapeAccessPriority_Cur) AS
-BEGIN
-  OPEN dbInfo FOR
-    SELECT euid, egid, priority FROM PriorityMap
-     WHERE (euid = inUid OR inUid = -1)
-       AND (egid = inGid OR inGid = -1)
-       AND (priority = inPriority OR inPriority = -1);
-END;
-/
-
-/* PL/SQL method implementing enterPriority
-   it can raise constraint violation exception */
-CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE enterPriority(
-  inUid IN NUMBER,
-  inGid IN NUMBER,
-  inPriority IN INTEGER) AS
-BEGIN
-  INSERT INTO PriorityMap (euid, egid, priority)
-  VALUES (inUid, inGid, inPriority);
-END;
-/
-
-
-/* PL/SQL method implementing deletePriority */
-CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE deletePriority(
-  inUid IN INTEGER,
-  inGid IN INTEGER) AS
-BEGIN
-  DELETE FROM PriorityMap
-   WHERE (euid = inUid OR inUid = -1)
-     AND (egid = inGid OR inGid = -1);
-END;
-/
-
-
 /* PL/SQL method used by the stager to collect the logging made in the DB */
 CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE dumpDBLogs(logEntries OUT castor.LogEntry_Cur) AS
   unused NUMBER;
diff --git a/castor/stager/IStagerSvc.hpp b/castor/stager/IStagerSvc.hpp
index 704d5bad28a7df5766127e6ccedc23a1d887f333..e3117e829ce3cc36f2ed1bd04cf7ea5b45ba9942 100644
--- a/castor/stager/IStagerSvc.hpp
+++ b/castor/stager/IStagerSvc.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include "castor/stager/DiskCopyStatusCodes.hpp"
 #include "castor/stager/SubRequestStatusCodes.hpp"
 #include "castor/stager/DiskCopyInfo.hpp"
-#include "castor/stager/PriorityMap.hpp"
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <list>
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ namespace castor {
     class CastorFile;
     class GCLocalFile;
     class DiskCopyForRecall;
-    class PriorityMap;
     class BulkRequestResult;
 
     /**
@@ -354,38 +352,6 @@ namespace castor {
       virtual castor::stager::SubRequestStatusCodes createRecallCandidate(u_signed64 srId)
         throw (castor::exception::Exception) = 0;
 
-      /**
-       * Select priority for recall
-       * @param euid the userid of the user
-       * @param egid the groupid of the user
-       * @return priority value
-       * @exception in case of an error
-       */
-      virtual std::vector<castor::stager::PriorityMap*>
-      selectPriority(int euid, int egid, int priority)
-        throw (castor::exception::Exception) = 0;
-
-      /**
-       * Enter priority for recall
-       * @param euid the userid of the user
-       * @param egid the groupid of the user
-       * @param priority value
-       * @exception in case of an error
-       */
-      virtual void enterPriority(u_signed64 euid,
-                                 u_signed64 egid,
-                                 u_signed64 priority)
-        throw (castor::exception::Exception) = 0;
-
-      /**
-       * Delete priority for recall
-       * @param euid the userid of the user
-       * @param egid the groupid of the user
-       * @exception in case of an error
-       */
-      virtual void deletePriority(int euid, int egid)
-        throw (castor::exception::Exception) = 0;
-        
       /**
        * Gets a configuration option from the
        * CastorConfig table
diff --git a/castor/stager/PriorityMap.cpp b/castor/stager/PriorityMap.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d9ee64061cac425b15ac232c5313be93fb3ccff4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/castor/stager/PriorityMap.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-/**** This file has been autogenerated by gencastor from Umbrello UML model ***/
-
-/******************************************************************************
- *                      castor/stager/PriorityMap.cpp
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- * 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.
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-// Include Files
-#include "castor/Constants.hpp"
-#include "castor/IObject.hpp"
-#include "castor/ObjectSet.hpp"
-#include "castor/stager/PriorityMap.hpp"
-#include "osdep.h"
-#include <iostream>
-#include <string>
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Constructor
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-castor::stager::PriorityMap::PriorityMap() throw() :
-  m_priority(0),
-  m_euid(0),
-  m_egid(0),
-  m_id(0) {
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Destructor
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-castor::stager::PriorityMap::~PriorityMap() throw() {
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// print
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void castor::stager::PriorityMap::print(std::ostream& stream,
-                                        std::string indent,
-                                        castor::ObjectSet& alreadyPrinted) const {
-  stream << indent << "[# PriorityMap #]" << std::endl;
-  if (alreadyPrinted.find(this) != alreadyPrinted.end()) {
-    // Circular dependency, this object was already printed
-    stream << indent << "Back pointer, see above" << std::endl;
-    return;
-  }
-  // Output of all members
-  stream << indent << "priority : " << m_priority << std::endl;
-  stream << indent << "euid : " << m_euid << std::endl;
-  stream << indent << "egid : " << m_egid << std::endl;
-  stream << indent << "id : " << m_id << std::endl;
-  alreadyPrinted.insert(this);
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// print
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void castor::stager::PriorityMap::print() const {
-  castor::ObjectSet alreadyPrinted;
-  print(std::cout, "", alreadyPrinted);
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// TYPE
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-int castor::stager::PriorityMap::TYPE() {
-  return OBJ_PriorityMap;
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// type
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-int castor::stager::PriorityMap::type() const {
-  return TYPE();
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// clone
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-castor::IObject* castor::stager::PriorityMap::clone() {
-  return new PriorityMap(*this);
-}
-
diff --git a/castor/stager/PriorityMap.hpp b/castor/stager/PriorityMap.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index cd90e06f22a0a8d237211a4dc44656f948733c08..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/castor/stager/PriorityMap.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,187 +0,0 @@
-/**** This file has been autogenerated by gencastor from Umbrello UML model ***/
-
-/******************************************************************************
- *                      castor/stager/PriorityMap.hpp
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- * 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.
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef CASTOR_STAGER_PRIORITYMAP_HPP
-#define CASTOR_STAGER_PRIORITYMAP_HPP
-
-// Include Files
-#include "castor/IObject.hpp"
-#include "osdep.h"
-#include <iostream>
-#include <string>
-
-namespace castor {
-
-  // Forward declarations
-  class ObjectSet;
-
-  namespace stager {
-
-    /**
-     * class PriorityMap
-     */
-    class PriorityMap : public virtual castor::IObject {
-
-    public:
-
-      /**
-       * Empty Constructor
-       */
-      PriorityMap() throw();
-
-      /**
-       * Empty Destructor
-       */
-      virtual ~PriorityMap() throw();
-
-      /**
-       * Outputs this object in a human readable format
-       * @param stream The stream where to print this object
-       * @param indent The indentation to use
-       * @param alreadyPrinted The set of objects already printed.
-       * This is to avoid looping when printing circular dependencies
-       */
-      virtual void print(std::ostream& stream,
-                         std::string indent,
-                         castor::ObjectSet& alreadyPrinted) const;
-
-      /**
-       * Outputs this object in a human readable format
-       */
-      virtual void print() const;
-
-      /**
-       * Gets the type of this kind of objects
-       */
-      static int TYPE();
-
-      /********************************************/
-      /* Implementation of IObject abstract class */
-      /********************************************/
-      /**
-       * Gets the type of the object
-       */
-      virtual int type() const;
-
-      /**
-       * virtual method to clone any object
-       */
-      virtual castor::IObject* clone();
-
-      /*********************************/
-      /* End of IObject abstract class */
-      /*********************************/
-      /**
-       * Get the value of m_priority
-       * The priority associated with the user and group
-       * @return the value of m_priority
-       */
-      u_signed64 priority() const {
-        return m_priority;
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * Set the value of m_priority
-       * The priority associated with the user and group
-       * @param new_var the new value of m_priority
-       */
-      void setPriority(u_signed64 new_var) {
-        m_priority = new_var;
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * Get the value of m_euid
-       * The id of the user concerned
-       * @return the value of m_euid
-       */
-      u_signed64 euid() const {
-        return m_euid;
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * Set the value of m_euid
-       * The id of the user concerned
-       * @param new_var the new value of m_euid
-       */
-      void setEuid(u_signed64 new_var) {
-        m_euid = new_var;
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * Get the value of m_egid
-       * The id of the group concerned
-       * @return the value of m_egid
-       */
-      u_signed64 egid() const {
-        return m_egid;
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * Set the value of m_egid
-       * The id of the group concerned
-       * @param new_var the new value of m_egid
-       */
-      void setEgid(u_signed64 new_var) {
-        m_egid = new_var;
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * Get the value of m_id
-       * The id of this object
-       * @return the value of m_id
-       */
-      u_signed64 id() const {
-        return m_id;
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * Set the value of m_id
-       * The id of this object
-       * @param new_var the new value of m_id
-       */
-      void setId(u_signed64 new_var) {
-        m_id = new_var;
-      }
-
-    private:
-
-      /// The priority associated with the user and group
-      u_signed64 m_priority;
-
-      /// The id of the user concerned
-      u_signed64 m_euid;
-
-      /// The id of the group concerned
-      u_signed64 m_egid;
-
-      /// The id of this object
-      u_signed64 m_id;
-
-    }; /* end of class PriorityMap */
-
-  } /* end of namespace stager */
-
-} /* end of namespace castor */
-
-#endif // CASTOR_STAGER_PRIORITYMAP_HPP
diff --git a/codeGeneration/RH.xmi b/codeGeneration/RH.xmi
index 5af6b38c914b1327cfde5d6b62702c27b9e30bd0..0071caa9212e2d53f2b091a7c669ee0fba130236 100644
--- a/codeGeneration/RH.xmi
+++ b/codeGeneration/RH.xmi
@@ -725,13 +725,6 @@ Resources can be allocated to one or many projects are are composed of a set of
             <UML:Generalization xmi.idref="0Nzi4BLx7uyV" />
            </UML:GeneralizableElement.generalization>
           </UML:Class>
-          <UML:Class stereotype="53500" isSpecification="false" isLeaf="false" visibility="public" namespace="2105" xmi.id="Mo05JiglnuWE" isRoot="false" isAbstract="false" name="PriorityMap" >
-           <UML:Classifier.feature>
-            <UML:Attribute comment="The priority associated with the user and group" isSpecification="false" visibility="public" xmi.id="xvtRSyCeB3G8" type="131665" name="priority" />
-            <UML:Attribute comment="The id of the user concerned" isSpecification="false" visibility="public" xmi.id="OKKf7Y8SM6Vf" type="131665" name="euid" />
-            <UML:Attribute comment="The id of the group concerned" isSpecification="false" visibility="public" xmi.id="oBPa3vozofOH" type="131665" name="egid" />
-           </UML:Classifier.feature>
-          </UML:Class>
           <UML:Class stereotype="53501" isSpecification="false" isLeaf="false" visibility="public" namespace="2105" xmi.id="R5j2pUzclG6J" isRoot="false" isAbstract="false" name="GCTypeCodes" >
            <UML:Classifier.feature>
             <UML:Attribute isSpecification="false" visibility="public" xmi.id="mY1OJFTaPC7B" initialValue="0" type="133771" name="GCTYPE_AUTO" />
@@ -1618,7 +1611,6 @@ Concerning the user list, an empty list means all users and all groups are conce
       </UML:Association>
       <UML:Abstraction isSpecification="false" visibility="public" namespace="1" xmi.id="dseFlZtRy0oH" client="KnuSEdL8nP1V" name="" supplier="960" />
       <UML:Abstraction isSpecification="false" visibility="public" namespace="1" xmi.id="kzpixdyKReAv" client="KnuSEdL8nP1V" name="" supplier="1216" />
-      <UML:Abstraction isSpecification="false" visibility="public" namespace="1" xmi.id="dotFx5uz0Xqb" client="Mo05JiglnuWE" name="" supplier="960" />
       <UML:Association isSpecification="false" visibility="public" namespace="1" xmi.id="fP91g4eemKEs" name="" >
        <UML:Association.connection>
         <UML:AssociationEnd comment="SqlOnly" isSpecification="false" visibility="public" changeability="changeable" isNavigable="true" xmi.id="iCkPXzLZFOj4" aggregation="none" type="1195" name="" multiplicity="1" />
@@ -2760,11 +2752,6 @@ Concerning the user list, an empty list means all users and all groups are conce
         <listitem open="0" type="814" id="pHJHmMqI7gJt" />
        </listitem>
        <listitem open="0" type="813" id="RZYBAWDaUfHC" />
-       <listitem open="0" type="813" id="Mo05JiglnuWE" >
-        <listitem open="0" type="814" id="xvtRSyCeB3G8" />
-        <listitem open="0" type="814" id="OKKf7Y8SM6Vf" />
-        <listitem open="0" type="814" id="oBPa3vozofOH" />
-       </listitem>
        <listitem open="0" type="813" id="88537" >
         <listitem open="0" type="814" id="89088" />
         <listitem open="0" type="814" id="klA7YdTtNlwL" />
diff --git a/debian/castor-dbtools.install.perm b/debian/castor-dbtools.install.perm
index 1d479adf348baa16b2337aca88448b06d6cdd0d2..b5394580f5a9d5ed6dfed9ee8feaa24de625aeb8 100644
--- a/debian/castor-dbtools.install.perm
+++ b/debian/castor-dbtools.install.perm
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 %attr(0755,root,root) usr/bin/vdqmlistpriority
 %attr(0755,root,root) usr/bin/vdqmlistrequest
 %attr(0755,root,root) usr/bin/vdqmsetpriority
-%attr(0755,root,root) usr/bin/deletePriority
-%attr(0755,root,root) usr/bin/enterPriority
-%attr(0755,root,root) usr/bin/listPriority
 %attr(0755,root,root) usr/bin/migrateNewCopy
 %attr(0755,root,root) usr/bin/fixFileSize
 %attr(0755,root,root) usr/bin/repack
diff --git a/debian/castor-dbtools.manpages b/debian/castor-dbtools.manpages
index 6be397086b45980a2dc98ec12b22b3bff2cf6e09..07a2ee3bdfc70f1aeae00cf5e2d4eb2e2d364c73 100644
--- a/debian/castor-dbtools.manpages
+++ b/debian/castor-dbtools.manpages
@@ -26,8 +26,5 @@ debian/castor/usr/share/man/man1/vdqmlistpriority.1castor.gz
 debian/castor/usr/share/man/man1/vdqmlistrequest.1castor.gz
 debian/castor/usr/share/man/man1/vdqmsetpriority.1castor.gz
 debian/castor/usr/share/man/man1/adminMultiInstance.1castor.gz
-debian/castor/usr/share/man/man1/deletePriority.1castor.gz
-debian/castor/usr/share/man/man1/enterPriority.1castor.gz
-debian/castor/usr/share/man/man1/listPriority.1castor.gz
 debian/castor/usr/share/man/man1/migrateNewCopy.1castor.gz
 debian/castor/usr/share/man/man1/repack.1castor.gz
diff --git a/hsmtools/Imakefile b/hsmtools/Imakefile
index 358ffb461af03c5a1f34b44ee9e79f0f99eb9a33..28cc5ad6181a188921380677ab1f311a9336324b 100644
--- a/hsmtools/Imakefile
+++ b/hsmtools/Imakefile
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ DependsOnLibrary(rfio,castorrfio)
 NormalProgramTarget(reclaim,reclaim.o,,,755)
 NormalProgramTarget(adler32,adler32.o,,-lz,755)
 NormalProgramTarget(c2probe,c2probe.o,,,755)
-NormalProgramTarget(listPriority,listPriority.o,,-lstdc++,755)
-NormalProgramTarget(enterPriority,enterPriority.o,,-lstdc++,755)
-NormalProgramTarget(deletePriority,deletePriority.o,,-lstdc++,755)
 LOCAL_PATH/rfcpupd.c: $(CASTOR_ROOT)/rfio/rfcp.c
 	sed 's/| *O_TRUNC//' $< | sed 's/O_WRONLY/O_RDWR|O_APPEND/' > $@
 PREFIX(FilesToClean) += LOCAL_PATH/rfcpupd.c
@@ -100,9 +97,6 @@ EXEMANPAGE(moveDiskServer)
 EXEMANPAGE(c2probe)
 EXEMANPAGE(adler32)
 EXEMANPAGE(adminMultiInstance)
-EXEMANPAGE(listPriority)
-EXEMANPAGE(enterPriority)
-EXEMANPAGE(deletePriority)
 EXEMANPAGE(draindiskserver)
 EXEMANPAGE(migrateNewCopy)
 
diff --git a/hsmtools/deletePriority.cpp b/hsmtools/deletePriority.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 46a7cc35d7b668152dc3ca759ef128569bda3899..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/hsmtools/deletePriority.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- *                      deletePriority.cpp
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- * 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.
- *
- * @(#)$RCSfile: deletePriority.cpp,v $ $Revision: 1.8 $ $Release$ $Date: 2009/07/13 06:22:09 $ $Author: waldron $
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <castor/stager/SvcClass.hpp>
-#include <castor/stager/IStagerSvc.hpp>
-#include <castor/Services.hpp>
-#include <castor/BaseAddress.hpp>
-#include <castor/Constants.h>
-#include <Cgetopt.h>
-#include <castor/BaseObject.hpp>
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <grp.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-static struct Coptions longopts[] = {
-  { "help", NO_ARGUMENT,       NULL, 'h'},
-  { "uid",  REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'u'},
-  { "user",      REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'U'},
-  { "gid",  REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'g'},
-  { "group",      REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'G'},
-  { NULL,   0,                 NULL,  0 }
-};
-
-void usage(char *cmd) {
-  std::cout << "Usage : \n"
-	    << cmd << " [-h] -u/--uid uid -g/--gid gid"<<std::endl;
-  std::cout << cmd << " [-h] -U/--user username -G/--group groupname"<< std::endl;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  int muid = -1;
-  int mgid = -1;
-  int muser = -1;
-  int mgroup = -1;
-
-  char* progName = argv[0];
-
-  // Deal with options
-  Coptind = 1;
-  Copterr = 1;
-  int ch;
-  char *invptr;
-
-  while ((ch = Cgetopt_long(argc, argv, "hu:U:g:G:", longopts, NULL)) != EOF) {
-    switch (ch) {
-    case 'h':
-      usage(progName);
-      return 1;
-    case 'u':
-      muid = strtol (Coptarg, &invptr, 10);
-      if ('\0' != *invptr) {
-        std::cerr <<" Invalid uid: " << Coptarg << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      }
-      break;
-    case 'U':
-    {
-      struct passwd *pass = getpwnam(Coptarg);
-      if (0 == pass) {
-	  std::cerr << " Not existing user." << std::endl;
-	  usage(progName);
-	  return 1;
-      }
-      muser = pass->pw_uid;
-      break;
-    }
-    case 'g':
-      mgid = strtol (Coptarg, &invptr, 10);
-      if ('\0' != *invptr) {
-        std::cerr <<" Invalid gid: " << Coptarg << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      }
-      break;
-    case 'G':
-    {
-      struct group *grp = getgrnam(Coptarg);
-      if (grp == 0){
-        std::cerr <<  " Not existing group." << std::endl;
-	usage(progName);
-	return 1;
-      }
-      mgroup = grp->gr_gid;
-      break;
-    }
-    default:
-      usage(progName);
-      return 1;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Check parameters
-  if ((muid < 0 && muser<0) && (mgid < 0 && mgroup<0)) {
-    std::cerr << "options missing" << std::endl;
-    usage(progName);
-    return 1;
-  }
-  if ((muid>=0 && muser>=0) ||(mgid>=0 && mgroup>=0)) {
-    std::cerr << " Invalid syntax"<<std::endl;
-    usage(progName);
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  muid=muid<0?muser:muid;
-  mgid=mgid<0?mgroup:mgid;
-
-  try {
-    // retrieve a Services object
-    castor::Services* svcs = castor::BaseObject::services();
-    // retrieve the DB service
-    castor::IService* isvc = svcs->service("DB", castor::SVC_DBSTAGERSVC);
-
-    if (0 == isvc) {
-      std::cerr << " Unable to retrieve Stager Service." << std::endl
-                << " Please check your configuration." << std::endl;
-      exit(1);
-    }
-
-    castor::stager::IStagerSvc* stgsvc =
-      dynamic_cast<castor::stager::IStagerSvc*>(isvc);
-
-    // delete the priority
-    stgsvc->deletePriority(muid, mgid);
-
-  } catch (castor::exception::Exception& e) {
-    std::cerr << "Caught exception :\n"
-              << e.getMessage().str() << std::endl;
-    exit(1);
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
-
-
-
diff --git a/hsmtools/deletePriority.man b/hsmtools/deletePriority.man
deleted file mode 100644
index b38841fa2d9ba5fc503a5bfae001decdcdb752eb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/hsmtools/deletePriority.man
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-.TH DELETEPRIORITY 1 "$Date: 2008/08/14 14:30:36 $" CASTOR "Delete entries from the priority map table used by VDQM"
-.SH NAME
-deletePriority
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B deletePriority
-[
-.BI -u/--uid 
-.BI uid
-]
-[
-.BI -g/--gid 
-.BI gid
-]
-[
-.BI -h 
-]
-
-.B deletePriority
-[
-.BI -U/--user 
-.BI user
-]
-[
-.BI -G/--group 
-.BI group
-]
-[
-.BI -h 
-]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B deletePriority
-deletes entries from the Priority Map Table.
-
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.fi
-
-deletePriority -u 444, to delete all the entries associated to the user 
-
-deletePriority -g 999, to delete all the entries associated to the group 
-
-deletePriority  -u 444 -g 999, to delete the entry with uid=444 and gid=999
-
-deletePriority --user xxx --group ggg, to delete the entry associate to user xx with group ggg 
-
-.SH NOTES
-This command requires database client access to the stager catalogue.
-Configuration for the database access is taken from /etc/castor/ORASTAGERCONFIG
-
-.SH AUTHOR
-\fBCASTOR\fP Team <castor.support@cern.ch>
diff --git a/hsmtools/enterPriority.cpp b/hsmtools/enterPriority.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 510c10eeb0ab886584e13fc43ff80cfba7d4bd30..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/hsmtools/enterPriority.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,191 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- *                      enterPriority.cpp
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- * 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.
- *
- * @(#)$RCSfile: enterPriority.cpp,v $ $Revision: 1.6 $ $Release$ $Date: 2009/07/13 06:22:09 $ $Author: waldron $
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <castor/stager/SvcClass.hpp>
-#include <castor/stager/IStagerSvc.hpp>
-#include <castor/Services.hpp>
-#include <castor/BaseAddress.hpp>
-#include <castor/Constants.h>
-#include <Cgetopt.h>
-#include <castor/BaseObject.hpp>
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <grp.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-static struct Coptions longopts[] = {
-  { "help",     NO_ARGUMENT,       NULL, 'h'},
-  { "uid",      REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'u'},
-  { "user",      REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'U'},
-  { "gid",      REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'g'},
-  { "group",      REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'G'},
-  { "priority", REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'p'},
-  { NULL,       0,                 NULL,  0 }
-};
-
-void usage(char *cmd) {
-  std::cout << "Usage : \n"
-	    << cmd << " [-h] -u/--uid uid -g/--gid gid -p/--priority priority"<<std::endl;
-  std::cout << cmd << " [-h] -U/--user username -G/--group groupname -p/--priority priority"<< std::endl;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  int muid = -1;
-  int mgid = -1;
-  int muser=-1;
-  int mgroup=-1;
-  int mpriority = -1;
-
-  char* progName = argv[0];
-
-  // Deal with options
-  Coptind = 1;
-  Copterr = 1;
-  int ch;
-  char *invptr;
-
-  while ((ch = Cgetopt_long(argc, argv, "hu:U:g:G:p:", longopts, NULL)) != EOF) {
-    switch (ch) {
-    case 'h':
-      usage(progName);
-      return 1;
-    case 'u':
-      muid = strtol (Coptarg, &invptr, 10);
-      if ('\0' != *invptr) {
-        std::cerr <<" Invalid uid: " << Coptarg << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      } 
-      if ( muid < 500 ) {
-        std::cerr <<" uid <500 is not allowed: " << muid << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      }
-      break;
-    case 'U':
-    {
-      struct passwd *pass = getpwnam(Coptarg);
-      if (0 == pass) {
-	  std::cerr <<" Not existing user" << std::endl;
-	  usage(progName);
-	  return 1;
-      }
-      muser = pass->pw_uid;
-      if ( muser < 500 ) {
-        std::cerr <<" uid <500 is not allowed: " << muser << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      }
-      break;
-    }
-    case 'g':
-      mgid = strtol (Coptarg, &invptr, 10);
-      if ('\0' != *invptr) {
-        std::cerr <<" Invalid gid: " << Coptarg << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      }
-      if ( mgid < 500 ) {
-        std::cerr <<" gid <500 is not allowed: " << mgid << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      }
-      break;
-    case 'G':
-    {
-      struct group *grp = getgrnam(Coptarg);
-      if (grp == 0){
-        std::cerr << " Not existing group." << std::endl;
-	usage(progName);
-	return 1;
-      }
-      mgroup = grp->gr_gid;
-      if ( mgroup < 500 ) {
-        std::cerr <<" gid <500 is not allowed: " << mgroup << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      }
-
-      break;
-    }
-    case 'p':
-      mpriority = strtol (Coptarg, &invptr, 10);
-      if ('\0' != *invptr) {
-        std::cerr <<" Invalid priority: " << Coptarg << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1; 
-      }
-      break;
-    default:
-      usage(progName);
-      return 1;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Check parameters
-
-  if ((mpriority < 0) || (muid < 0 && muser < 0 )|| (mgid < 0 && mgroup < 0)) {
-    std::cerr << " Uid, gid and/or priority options missing" << std::endl;
-    usage(progName);
-    return 1;
-  }
-  if ((muid>=0 && muser>=0) || (mgid>=0 && mgroup>=0)){
-    std::cerr << " Invalid syntax"<<std::endl;
-    usage(progName);
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  muid=muid>0?muid:muser;
-  mgid=mgid>0?mgid:mgroup;
-
-  try {
-    // retrieve a Services object
-    castor::Services* svcs = castor::BaseObject::services();
-    // retrieve the DB service
-    castor::IService* isvc = svcs->service("DB", castor::SVC_DBSTAGERSVC);
-    if (0 == isvc) {
-      std::cerr << "Unable to retrieve Stager Service." << std::endl
-                << "Please check your configuration." << std::endl;
-      exit(1);
-    }
-
-    castor::stager::IStagerSvc* stgsvc =
-      dynamic_cast<castor::stager::IStagerSvc*>(isvc);
-
-    // set the priority
-    stgsvc->enterPriority(muid, mgid, mpriority);
-
-  } catch (castor::exception::Exception& e) {
-    if (e.code() == 1) {
-      std::cerr << "Priority for uid: " << muid << " and gid: " << mgid
-		<< " already exists" << std::endl;
-    } else {
-      std::cerr << "Caught exception :\n"
-		<< e.getMessage().str() << std::endl;
-    }
-    exit(1);
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/hsmtools/enterPriority.man b/hsmtools/enterPriority.man
deleted file mode 100644
index a383faead29257deb37a95f1fcd31172e64ef1da..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/hsmtools/enterPriority.man
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-.TH ENTERPRIORITY 1 "$Date: 2008/08/14 14:30:36 $" CASTOR "Set the priority for a specific uid and gid"
-.SH NAME
-enterPriority
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B enterPriority
-.BI -u/--uid 
-.BI uid 
-.BI -g/--gid 
-.BI gid 
-.BI -p/--priority 
-.BI priority
-[
-.BI -h 
-]
-
-.B enterPriority
-.BI -U/--user 
-.BI user 
-.BI -G/--group
-.BI group
-.BI -p/--priority 
-.BI priority
-[
-.BI -h 
-]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B enterPriority 
-maps a uid-gid to a specific priority, which will be used by VDQM.
-
-uid, gid and priority must be positive intergers.
-
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.fi
-enterPriority -u 333 -g 333 -p 6
-enterPriority --user name --group group --priority 9
-.fi
-
-.SH NOTES
-This command requires database client access to the stager catalogue.
-Configuration for the database access is taken from /etc/castor/ORASTAGERCONFIG
-
-.SH AUTHOR
-\fBCASTOR\fP Team <castor.support@cern.ch>
diff --git a/hsmtools/listPriority.cpp b/hsmtools/listPriority.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d73861e3f8fea7ebf2867044d244a83e52263fd3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/hsmtools/listPriority.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,202 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- *                      listPriority.cpp
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- * 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.
- *
- * @(#)$RCSfile: listPriority.cpp,v $ $Revision: 1.5 $ $Release$ $Date: 2009/07/13 06:22:09 $ $Author: waldron $
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <grp.h>
-
-#include <castor/stager/SvcClass.hpp>
-#include <castor/stager/IStagerSvc.hpp>
-#include <castor/Services.hpp>
-#include <castor/BaseAddress.hpp>
-#include <castor/Constants.h>
-#include <Cgetopt.h>
-#include <castor/BaseObject.hpp>
-#include <castor/stager/PriorityMap.hpp>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-static struct Coptions longopts[] = {
-  { "help",     NO_ARGUMENT,       NULL, 'h'},
-  { "uid",      REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'u'},
-  { "user",     REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'U' },
-  { "gid",      REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'g'},
-  { "group",    REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'G'},
-  { "priority", REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, NULL, 'p'},
-  { NULL,       0,                 NULL,  0 }
-};
-
-void usage(char *cmd) {
-  std::cout << "Usage : \n"
-            << cmd << " [-h] [-u/--uid uid] [-g/--gid gid] [-p/--priority priority]\n"
-            << cmd << " [-h] [-U/--user user] [-G/--group gid] [-p/--priority priority]\n"
-            << std::endl;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  int muid = -1;
-  int mgid = -1;
-  int muser = -1;
-  int mgroup = -1;
-  int mpriority = -1;
-
-  char* progName = argv[0];
-
-  // Deal with options
-  Coptind = 1;
-  Copterr = 1;
-  int ch;
-  char *invptr;
-
-  while ((ch = Cgetopt_long(argc, argv, "hu:U:g:G:p:", longopts, NULL)) != EOF) {
-    switch (ch) {
-    case 'h':
-      usage(progName);
-      return 1;
-    case 'u':
-      muid =  strtol (Coptarg, &invptr, 10);
-      if ('\0' != *invptr) {
-        std::cerr <<" Invalid uid: " << Coptarg << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      }
-      break;
-    case 'U':
-    {
-      struct passwd *pass = getpwnam(Coptarg);
-      if (0 == pass) {
-	  std::cerr << " Not existing user." << std::endl;
-	  usage(progName);
-	  return 1;
-      }
-      muser = pass->pw_uid;
-      break;
-    }
-    case 'g':
-      mgid = strtol (Coptarg, &invptr, 10);
-      if ('\0' != *invptr) {
-        std::cerr <<" Invalid gid: " << Coptarg << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      }
-      break;
-    case 'G':
-    {
-      struct group *grp = getgrnam(Coptarg);
-      if (grp == 0){
-        std::cerr << " Not existing group." << std::endl;
-	usage(progName);
-	return 1;
-      }
-      mgroup = grp->gr_gid;
-      break;
-    }
-    case 'p':
-      mpriority =  strtol (Coptarg, &invptr, 10);
-      if ('\0' != *invptr) {
-        std::cerr <<" Invalid priority: " << Coptarg << std::endl;
-        usage(progName);
-        return 1;
-      }
-      break;
-    default:
-      usage(progName);
-      return 1;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if ((muid>=0 && muser>=0) || (mgid>=0 && mgroup>=0)){
-    std::cerr << " Invalid syntax"<<std::endl;
-    usage(progName);
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  muid=muid>0?muid:muser;
-  mgid=mgid>0?mgid:mgroup;
-  try {
-    // retrieve a Services object
-    castor::Services* svcs = castor::BaseObject::services();
-    // retrieve the DB service
-    castor::IService* isvc = svcs->service("DB", castor::SVC_DBSTAGERSVC);
-    if (0 == isvc) {
-      std::cerr << "Unable to retrieve Stager Service." << std::endl
-                << "Please check your configuration." << std::endl;
-      exit(1);
-    }
-
-    castor::stager::IStagerSvc* stgsvc =
-      dynamic_cast<castor::stager::IStagerSvc*>(isvc);
-
-    // list the priorities
-    std::vector<castor::stager::PriorityMap*> listPriority =
-      stgsvc->selectPriority(muid, mgid, mpriority);
-
-    // print out the returned results
-    std::vector<castor::stager::PriorityMap*>::iterator line = listPriority.begin();
-    if (listPriority.empty()){
-      fprintf(stdout, "No priorities found\n");
-    } else {
-      fprintf(stdout, "%-8s %-8s %-8s\n", "Uid", "Gid", "Priority");
-      while (line != listPriority.end()){
-        struct passwd *pass= getpwuid((*line)->euid());
-        char *pw_name=NULL;
-        char buf_name[32];
-        if (NULL == pass){
-          // we do not have such uid on this server
-          snprintf(buf_name,32,"%u",(unsigned int)(*line)->euid());
-          pw_name = buf_name; 
-	} else {
-          // resolve uid to the username
-          pw_name = pass->pw_name;
-        }
-	struct group *grp= getgrgid((*line)->egid());
-        char *gr_name=NULL;
-        char buf_grp[32];
-        if ( NULL == grp){
-	  // we do not have such gid on this server
-          snprintf(buf_grp,32,"%u",(unsigned int)(*line)->egid());
-          gr_name = buf_grp;
-	} else {
-          // resolve gid to the groupname
-          gr_name = grp->gr_name;  
-        }
-
-	fprintf(stdout, "%-8s %-8s %-8llu\n",
-		pw_name,
-		gr_name,
-		(*line)->priority());
-	line++;
-      }
-    }
-
-  } catch (castor::exception::Exception& e) {
-    std::cerr << "Caught exception :\n"
-              << e.getMessage().str() << std::endl;
-    exit(1);
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
-
-
-
diff --git a/hsmtools/listPriority.man b/hsmtools/listPriority.man
deleted file mode 100644
index bf6e8068ad4ffcf07f75d9c0efd7615c0e3ac88c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/hsmtools/listPriority.man
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-.TH LISTPRIORITY 1 "$Date: 2008/08/14 14:30:36 $" CASTOR "List the entries in the priority map table used by VDQM"
-.SH NAME
-listPriority
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B listPriority
-[
-.BI -u/--uid 
-.BI uid
-]
-[
-.BI -g/--gid 
-.BI gid
-]
-[
-.BI -p/--priority 
-.BI priority
-]
-[
-.BI -h 
-]
-
-.B listPriority
-[
-.BI -U/--user
-.BI username
-]
-[
-.BI -G/--group 
-.BI groupname
-]
-[
-.BI -p/--priority 
-.BI priority
-]
-[
-.BI -h 
-]
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B listPriority
-lists the entries from the Priority Map Table, depending the option given.
-
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.fi
-
-listPriority --user name --group group 
-
-listPriority -U name -G group
-
-listPriority --user name
-
-listPriority -u 444, to list all the entries associated to the user 
-
-listPriority -g 999, to list all the entries associated to the group
-
-listPriority -p 5, to list all the entries associated to a specific priority
- 
-.SH NOTES
-This command requires database client access to the stager catalogue.
-Configuration for the database access is taken from /etc/castor/ORASTAGERCONFIG.
-
-.SH AUTHOR
-\fBCASTOR\fP Team <castor.support@cern.ch>