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["Allen, Pat" <address@concealed>]

Good morning,

 

So I restored my VM yesterday to the working 5.3.4 version and verified that the cookie in /etc/sympa.conf matched the cookie on my original system. I saved a copy of sympa.conf to /tmp so that I could have a reference copy along the way. I then went through the upgrade process. Along the way I made sure that the value of the cookie had not changed. And yet, after I started the sympa processes with the new 6.0.3 installation, my passwords weren’t accepted. I could tell that it could see the accounts since, if I put in the wrong email address, I got a different error message.

 

So, has anyone seen this problem before? Is there any way around it? I really don’t want to have to tell all my subscribers that they have to change their passwords.

 

Thanks!

Pat

 

From: address@concealed [mailto:address@concealed] On Behalf Of Allen, Pat
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:32 AM
To: address@concealed
Subject: [sympa-users] upgrade problem / question

Good morning,

I am having a problem upgrading from version 5.3.4 to version 6.0.3.

Here’s my situation:

·         I have a production installation running on “server1” (version 5.3.4).

·         I’ve created a VMware virtual machine named “server2” and installed version 5.3.4 on it. I’ve followed the instructions in the documentation on moving to a new server. It’s running with a temporary, dedicated DNS server so that it thinks that it’s the proper server name.

·         I’ve tested the new 5.3.4 installation and am happy that it’s working OK. (I then take a VMware snapshot so that I can easily roll back to this spot.)

·         I unpack the 6.0.3 tar ball and do the configure, make, and make install.

·         I then update my perl modules using sympa_wizard.pl –check

·         I then run sympa.pl –upgrade. The upgrade doesn’t report any errors.

·         I started the sympa processes.

Sounds great so far. It’s just that I can’t login with any of my user accounts.  I get a message saying the password you submitted is incorrect. It allows me to request a new password and I can change my password which then allows me to login. After that everything appears to work OK. But I can’t make all my subscribers change their passwords. Why is the upgrade breaking my passwords?

Thanks!

Pat

 

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Pat Allen (address@concealed & http://www.mbari.org/staff/pat)

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
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