Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:48:01 +0200 From: "Peter Rosa" <prosa@pro.sk> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD upgrade on production server - Solved Message-ID: <001501c3760f$d2153ca0$3501a8c0@pro.sk> References: <003401c373c4$75e78fc0$3501a8c0@pro.sk> <44y8wzh0jo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Many thanks to everybody. Of course, I have read the Handbook, but there are very "wide" solution, not so specific as I tried to find. There is never said e.g. "Backup file /etc/fstab" or "After installation mergemaster your previously backed sendmail.cf with the new one to include your old changes". And I am so busy, that I tried to find such very specific type of information. Yes, yes, yes, it is bad idea to disturb you, but the list is the only "live" forum I have found. Once again, thanks a lot. However, I upgraded that machine and all works fine (finally the sendmail, too). Except when I login, I get following errors (written twice): Sep 8 08:35:01 ns login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv1 Sep 8 08:35:01 ns login: no modules loaded for `login' service Sep 8 08:35:01 ns login: pam_open_session: Permission denied What is it ? Is it I have misconfigured pam ? And how can I repair it ? Please, help. Peter Rosa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lowell Gilbert" <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: "SUPPORT" <support@bluetooth-shop.sk> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 3:28 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD upgrade on production server > "SUPPORT" <support@bluetooth-shop.sk> writes: > > > I wish to upgrade my production firewall / mailserver / DNS server from > > 4.3 to 4.8. The simplest way seems to be use of CVSUP. OK, but... > > Right, so far. > > > Is it safe ? > > It's not completely safe. Of course, neither is running a > two-and-a-half year-old release of any operating system > connected to the Internet. Risk is something you have to > manage, not avoid. > > > What should I backup ? > > Everything you'd mind losing. For me, that's mostly /etc, > /usr/local/etc, user data, kernel configs, and the log directory. > > > There is running well-configured > > sendmail - are there some changes in its configuration between > > versions 8.11.3 used in FreeBSD 4.3 and 8.12.8p1 used in > > FreeBSD 4.8. > > There certainly are some changes. Some of them are related to > important security fixes. You will need to merge your configuration > into the updates. > > > This is my only mailserver and I don't have an secondary > > if something fails... > > Well, the safest approach is to have a spare system, and build the > modifications on that. If you can't do that, then almost as safe (and > actually safer from your own oversights) is to have a spare machine to > try out the upgrade on so you get used to the procedure. If you > really can't spare a machine for any of these things, accept some > downtime and make sure you're *very* careful as you go through the > documented procedure. > > > Please, advice if you have some know-how :-))) > > All of my specific advice is *in* the Handbook. If I had any more > advice, I'd submit it to, well, the Handbook. > > Good luck. >
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