38 OES 2: Novell iFolder 3.6 Cross-Platform User Guidenovdocx (en) 11 July 20084.2 Upgrading iFolder 3.x ClientsThis section discusses the following: Section 4.2.1, “Automatically Upgrading to iFolder 3.6,” on page 38 Section 4.2.2, “Manually Upgrading to iFolder 3.6,” on page 39IMPORTANT: Before upgrading your 3.4.1 client, you must back up your local Simias store. Ifyou don’t do the backup, you lose all configuration information from the computer because it deletesthe Simias store when the upgrade fails.4.2.1 Automatically Upgrading to iFolder 3.6The automatic upgrade is possible only if you have root access rights, because the process needs toinstall the RPM packages. The root password is asked for during the upgrade. If you do not haveroot access rights, the package is not installed automatically. However, the client packages aredownloaded to a temporary location. The Linux client is downloaded to /tmp/<32chardir>/ifolder3-linux.tar.gz. This enables you to upgrade it later because the location containstwo install scripts that you can run manually. Until you upgrade the client, you can not connect to theiFolder 3.6 domain with an iFolder 3.x client.1 From an iFolder 3.x client earlier than iFolder 3.6, try to connect to the iFolder server. You areprompted about whether you want to upgrade.2 Click Yes to automatically upgrade your iFolder 3.x client.For iFolder 3.4.1, if you click No and attempt to connect the iFolder 3.4.1 client to the iFolder 3.6server, it throws an error message as shown below:
