Re: [Info-ingres] netutil and upgradedb



Hi Me.

Looks like its stored under $II_SYSTEM/ingres/files/name

Now I get to restore the stuff - fortunatly I save it all - and see if
that restores my NET entries.

Marty

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade a set of II2.0 and II2.5 installations to II2.6.
> Fortunatly, I'm doing this on a test installation first....
>
> I have found that the upgrade process clobbers all the netutil
> entries.
>
> I suspect that that is why upgradedb cant manage to upgrade the
> distributed databases.
>
> The problem here is that although I can quiz netutil in advance of the
> upgrade and extract all the entries for all users - not just ingres -
> I cant extract the passwords. I suspect that in some installations the
> required passwords may have been lost in the mists of time. And sorta
> like Gorillas in the Mists, my chickens are coming home to roost.
>
> God - that's a tortured mixed metaphor Shakespeare would have been
> proud of.
>
> I think the better option is to find where the entries are stored and
> preserve the file, so that after the upgrade has completed, I can just
> swap back the old file and hopefully all will be sweet and Gorillas
> and Chickens will live in peace.
>
> Anyone know where the netutil entries are kept?
>
> Martin Bowes.
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