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From: stiatl!meo@gatech.edu (Miles O'Neal)
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Subject: Re: Upgrading a network of Sun386i's to 4.0.1
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Date: 18 Jan 89 13:28:32 GMT
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daedalus!kovar%husc4@talcott.harvard.edu (-David C. Kovar) writes:
>According to the upgrade documentation, I'm
>going to have to reenter the account information for 200 accounts via SNAP
>and they're going to have to reenter their passwords....

We threw out the idea of using SNAP a while back. It's a good idea, but
like most everyone else's attempt that I've seen, the execution is flawed.

>...Will I break anything if I just restore /etc/passwd, /etc/auto.home,
>and the like from tape and remake the YP server?...

I don't know - I *do* know that you have to at least save /etc/yppasswd
and /etc/ypgroup - this is where SNAP puts its entries.

>...There appears to
>be an unreasonable amount of "print out the XXX file and reenter it by
>hand when you reconfigure the system after the upgrade." Is there a way to
>do this upgrade more efficiently, and more quickly?

We backed everything up to tape (forget this floppy trash) and did
selective backups. Still a pain, but quicker than their idea. Be real
careful to restore ONLY your stuff, or disaster may strike.

I have a name & address at Sun to write with comments about this upgrade
process - send email to me at gatech!stiatl!meo if you want it.

-Miles