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jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > The problem is that pre-5.0 versions of the coda client don't work > on glibc-2.1.x. And the 5.x.x versions have got a slightly modified > RPC protocol over the network. So you need to run both a 5.x client > (for the glibc problems), and a 5.x server (to have the client talk > to it). > > btw. The server fileformats are essentially 100% compatible (except > for the user/group databases), so you can just drop in a 5.x server, > and read: > http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/useradmin-mini-HOWTO.html > > Which describes how the new pdbtool works, and how to upgrade from the > existing user.coda and group.coda scheme. (don't throw away user.coda > and group.coda yet, we've just switched from gdbm to libdb-1.85, as we > had problems replicating the user/group databases between different > platforms.) > > Jan I'm using the source tar ball called "coda-5.2.0.tgz". Sorry I just realised that the forward sent didn't say what version I was using. Is this version affected by the glibc problem? I dont have any existing users so I dont think upgrading should be a problem 8-). MikeReceived on 1999-05-11 09:33:37