I wish you had my job too because i'm about fed up with this crap.. Anyway, thanks for the reply, i'll do it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dusty Doris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FreeRadius users mailing list" <freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:48 AM Subject: Re: Questions about upgrading Freeradius
> You consider that much work? I wish I had your job! > > :) > > On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Linda Pagillo wrote: > > > Thanks for your reply. Is it really this much work to do a simple upgrade? > > Is there a shortcut? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dusty Doris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "FreeRadius users mailing list" <freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:58 AM > > Subject: Re: Questions about upgrading Freeradius > > > > > >> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Linda Pagillo wrote: > >> > >>> Hi everyone: > >>> > >>> I have been using Freeradius v.0.9.3 for over a year and i wish to > >>> upgrade to the latest version. Can anyone give me detailed instructions > >>> on how to do this? I use Freeradius in a prodcution enviroment and i > >>> can't afford to mess it up. I'm running Linux RedHat 9. Do i just do a > >>> ./configure, make and make install like i did the first time? If yes, > >>> won't that overwrite all of my current config files? Thanks! > >>> > >> > >> First, I would recommend setting up a lab machine (you can do it on your > >> workstation if you need to) to test that your configs work correctly with > >> the new version. Its probably backward compatible, but I wouldn't just > >> blindly upgrade on production and hope for the best. > >> > >> Then you could compile freeradius with --prefix. This will put all > >> configurations, binaries, etc.. into a certain directory. For example: > >> > >> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freeradius1.0.5 > >> make > >> make install > >> > >> When that's done, cd to /usr/local/freeradius1.0.5/etc/raddb and change > >> your files to make it work like it did in testing. Shutdown the current > >> radius version and start up the new one with > >> /usr/local/freeradius1.0.5/sbin/radiusd -X and see if its working. If so, > >> modify your startup scripts to point to the new version instead of the > >> old. > >> > >> > >> - > >> List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See > > http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > >> > > > > - > > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html