We're currently testing migrating from AIX to Solaris and ran
into this SIGNUP file rehash issue. After setting the SIGNUP_HASH
variable to "13", 13 signup files were created and we could login
ok. But very soon afterward(within a minute) the 13 signup files
were combined into 1 signup file. We were still able to login, but
why this happened is a mystery at the moment. I left the 
SIGNUP_HASH="13" variable setting in the go.user file and restarted
the server with the same results. 13 signup files were initially
created, but a few seconds later, they disappeared and only 1 signup
file remained. Has anyone else seen this behavior?

-Brian


On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 02:05:07PM -0500 or thereabouts, Margaret King wrote:
> Hi Wayne,
> 
> If people have passwords set up and you want to bring those
> over, that means you'll have to move the SIGNUP files.  We
> had trouble getting this to work until I asked L-Soft support
> for help.  It seems we needed to "re-hash the SIGNUP files."
> I am not sure whether this was something unique to us (we
> were moving from AIX to Linux, and on an older Listserv
> version) or whether it is generally applicable.  I don't
> recall reading about it in the regular documentation (which
> doesn't guarantee it wasn't in there.)  Anyway, L-Soft
> support can tell you how to do it.
> 
> We set up the new system as a test system ahead of time
> (of course we worked out the license issues with L-Soft)
> with Listserv, a mailer, and a web server.  That way we
> could test moving a test list first, well in advance of
> our actual migration.
> 
> Margaret King
> Michigan State University
> 
> 
> Wayne T. Smith wrote:
> >Are there LSoft comments/documents concerning moving to a new (Linux to
> >Linux, sendmail) machine? Others care to comment?
> >
> >I have a LISTSERV on Linux installation with a couple of hundred lists
> >that I'd like to move to a new machine. When in production, the new
> >machine will have the same name as the old production system.  I'd like
> >the move to be invisible to list owners and subscribers.  Any words of
> >wisdom on how to do it?
> >
> >I also need to upgrade from 1.8e (2002a) to the current version 14.3, but
> >expect that will have to be a separate step, probably after the hardware
> >move.  Comments?
> >
> >Thanks and cheers, wayne
> >
> >

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