> B. Southwick wrote:
> >
> > Greetings All
> >
> > I have looked thru the livingston website but want some stories
> > from those who have gone before me on this. As you may guess if
> > you have read some of my earlier posts I probably have a LOT
> > less experience than most of you.
> >
> > At present I have a PM2e30 (3.1.4)with another on the way. We
> > have all 30 lines connected to supra 28.8s our gateway is a
> > cisco 2501.
> >
> > My pm is very plain vanilla, no filters, a user table of about
> > 320 ( I know I know)
> >
> > My plan is to add a second PM and switch to a radius NT service.
> >
> > My goal is to do this with the least amount of interuption.
> > Overall the system right now runs very well with a minimum of
> > problems. I am looking for advice on what to look out for in
> > this coming upgrade so that I don't screw everything up in the
> > process.
> >
> > Is there a particular order in which to upgrade the OS. Is the
> > newest ver best (seems I have heard that one of the intermediate
> > vers worked better for some folks).
> >
> > Any advice on how to switch from my password table to the
> > radiusNT with out losing all those accounts. etc etc...
> >
> > I DLed a ver about 3 weeks ago and thought perhaps I would wait
> > until the new pm arrived and play with those together before I
> > actually switched my user base to it.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bob Southwick
> > --
> > Director, Neptune Alaska - http://www.neptune.com
> > HC31 Box 5099A Wasilla Ak 99654 - 907-373-3209 fax 907-373-3208
>
>
> Someone created a script that will read the user tables and import them
> to a radius file. Dont ask me though since I never went the user table
> route, I strted with radius. You might want to post it on here so
> someone tells you where it is.
>
> I think it might even be in the Livingston file archives!
>
There's a program called pmreadpass that does exactly that. It's
available on all supported unices, and with a little prodding maybe NT
as well 8-)
andy
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