Upgrading 1.0.5 to 1.1.4

[Linda Pagillo]

Thank you so much! It worked like a charm!

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From: <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk>
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Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 4:03 AM
Subject: Re: Upgrading 1.0.5 to 1.1.4


> Hi,
>
> > Hi everyone. I'm currently running FreeRadius verison 1.0.5 on a Linux
Redhat 9 server. I need to upgrade my FreeRadius to the latest, greatest
version 1.1.4.
> >
> > Awhile back i upgraded from 0.9.3 to 1.0.5, but for the life of me i
can't remember how to do the upgrade without completely messing up my
current configuration.
> >
> > Can anyone provide exact instructions on how to go from 1.0.5 to 1.1.4
without changing the config files? Thanks.
>
> trivially?  check what options were used with your last version (if its
RPM then check the .spec file!)
> then ./configure your new source with the same options. then backup your
current config directory
> (eg cp -R /etc/raddb /backups/freeradius/todays_date). if using MySQL, use
mysqldump etc to save the
> database. backup the dictionary file directory too. you MAY have local
changes.
>
> then shut down the service.
>
> make install
>
> this should NOT blat files. but it may well change permissions. so now
check the permissions for the files.
>
> then check the SQL schema to check no new entries are needed!
>
> radiusd -X
>
> this should run complete to waiting connections line , if not. check why
in the output!
>
>
> now run the service normally. welcome to 1.1.4.   however, you should now
spend time checking
> the new config files (in the source directory) and comparing them to yours
to check for new
> syntax and options...and new features! (also read the changelog). if not
used, remove the
> excess files such as naslist, clients and realms.
>
> alan