RE: [vchkpw] Upgrading an old vpopmail install

2002-11-05 Thread Lapidus, Keith
Just to get my two cents in about the --enable-clear-passwd=n option.  This does not 
work.  I actually had to modify the configure script in order to turn this off.

-Original Message-
From: Bill Shupp [mailto:hostmaster;shupp.org]
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 12:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Upgrading an old vpopmail install


On Monday, November 4, 2002, at 09:58  AM, Darek wrote:

 Hey guys,

 I want to go from vpopmail-4.9.8 to probably 5.2.1, or maybe the 
 unstable branch.

 This is a live system and I am a bit weary about everything working 
 without as much as 5 minutes of downtime. The only difference that I 
 could see between a new version and the old is the placement of 
 tcp.smtp(.cdb) files. But that is pretty trivial. Everything else was 
 the same.

 Are there any serious differences that qmail, qmailadmin, 
 courier-imap, etc would care about? I know that there's been a lot of 
 development going on, but from a functional and practical point of 
 view, would qmail use vpopmail in the same exact way?

There are a couple of issues:

1. 5.0+ defaults to clear passwords being on, which alters the number 
of fields in the vqpasswd structure (vpasswd file, table definitions, 
etc).  There were some problems with backwards compatibility early on, 
but 5.2.1 should be fine.  If you want to be extra cautious, use 
--enable-clear-passwd=n.

2. Courier-imap will need to be upgraded.  Or, you can grab the latest 
preauchvchkpw.c and recompile your existing version.

Regards,

Bill







[vchkpw] Upgrading an old vpopmail install

2002-11-04 Thread Darek
Hey guys,

I want to go from vpopmail-4.9.8 to probably 5.2.1, or maybe the 
unstable branch.

This is a live system and I am a bit weary about everything working 
without as much as 5 minutes of downtime. The only difference that I 
could see between a new version and the old is the placement of 
tcp.smtp(.cdb) files. But that is pretty trivial. Everything else was 
the same.

Are there any serious differences that qmail, qmailadmin, courier-imap, 
etc would care about? I know that there's been a lot of development 
going on, but from a functional and practical point of view, would qmail 
use vpopmail in the same exact way?




RE: [vchkpw] Upgrading an old vpopmail install

2002-11-04 Thread Tren Blackburn
I personally would recommend installing on a test box so you can play
with the software, and learn the new features before you just try to
upgrade to live.  It's a smooth transition, but always still a good
idea.  

Regards,

Tren

-Original Message-
From: Darek [mailto:darekm;oakley.nyi.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 10:59 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [vchkpw] Upgrading an old vpopmail install


Hey guys,

I want to go from vpopmail-4.9.8 to probably 5.2.1, or maybe the 
unstable branch.

This is a live system and I am a bit weary about everything working 
without as much as 5 minutes of downtime. The only difference that I 
could see between a new version and the old is the placement of 
tcp.smtp(.cdb) files. But that is pretty trivial. Everything else was 
the same.

Are there any serious differences that qmail, qmailadmin, courier-imap, 
etc would care about? I know that there's been a lot of development 
going on, but from a functional and practical point of view, would qmail

use vpopmail in the same exact way?








Re: [vchkpw] Upgrading an old vpopmail install

2002-11-04 Thread Bill Shupp
On Monday, November 4, 2002, at 09:58  AM, Darek wrote:


Hey guys,

I want to go from vpopmail-4.9.8 to probably 5.2.1, or maybe the 
unstable branch.

This is a live system and I am a bit weary about everything working 
without as much as 5 minutes of downtime. The only difference that I 
could see between a new version and the old is the placement of 
tcp.smtp(.cdb) files. But that is pretty trivial. Everything else was 
the same.

Are there any serious differences that qmail, qmailadmin, 
courier-imap, etc would care about? I know that there's been a lot of 
development going on, but from a functional and practical point of 
view, would qmail use vpopmail in the same exact way?

There are a couple of issues:

1. 5.0+ defaults to clear passwords being on, which alters the number 
of fields in the vqpasswd structure (vpasswd file, table definitions, 
etc).  There were some problems with backwards compatibility early on, 
but 5.2.1 should be fine.  If you want to be extra cautious, use 
--enable-clear-passwd=n.

2. Courier-imap will need to be upgraded.  Or, you can grab the latest 
preauchvchkpw.c and recompile your existing version.

Regards,

Bill