Most recent update:
Wed Jul 24 15:26:25 2002
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| The upgrade from Kermit 95 1.1.xx to 2.0 is not a patch like the previous
version updates. Instead it is an entire upgrade installation, which turns
out to be about the same size as the patch would have been (about 10MB), due
to the massive changes and new components, and has distinct short- and
long-term advantages over patching.
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If you do not have Kermit 95 already,
CLICK HERE to visit
the trial version download page.
ELIGIBILITY
The K95 2.0 upgrade can be applied to:
- Any shrinkwrapped or other single-seat retail copy of Kermit 95 (except
the PowerPC and Alpha versions, which have been discontinued);
- Any electronically delivered copy purchased from
e-academy.com;
- Any Bulk Right-to-Copy or Academic Site license in its first year;
- Any Bulk or Academic Site license whose annual maintenance payments are
current;
- Any lifetime academic site license.
DOWNLOADING THE UPGRADE
There are two upgrade installations: the non-cryptographic one,
which can be downloaded to all countries,
and the cryptographic version, which due to USA
export law and according to its official Export Control Classification
(5D002) and US Dept of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security Export
License Exception (ENC), can be downloaded to all countries except
Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.
The cryptographic version of Kermit 95 includes SSH, Kerberos, SSL/TLS, and
SRP for secure authentation and strong encryption. From a technical (not
legal) standpoint, you can install either version, no matter what your current
K95 version is or whether it has the security features.
- THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC VERSION
- IF YOU ARE IN ANY COUNTRY BESIDES CUBA, IRAN, IRAQ, LIBYA, NORTH KOREA,
SUDAN, OR SYRIA,
you may download the cryptographic version.
CLICK HERE for
export clearance and to access the upgrade.
- THE NON-CRYPTOGRAPHIC VERSION
- If you are in a country to which export of the cryptographic is not
allowed, or if you would rather have the non-cryptographic version than the
cryptographic version, you may download the non-cryptographic
version:
HINT: Use K95 1.1.21 or C-Kermit 8.0 as your Kermit or FTP client and you can
resume interrupted downloads at the point of failure. The HTTP URL is in case
no other method will get through your firewall.
INSTALLING THE UPGRADE
- You can apply the upgrade only if a previous version of Kermit 95 is
installed on your PC. Your current version can be any version at all,
1.0 to 1.1.21, and it doesn't matter whether it includes security.
- If you have any Beta Test versions of K95 2.0 installed, you must remove
them with Add/Remove Programs before installing the upgrade.
- The file you downloaded is an executable program. Run it (e.g. with
Start→Run) to begin the installation.
- Answer the questions; detailed installation instructions are displayed
for your convenience.
- Now you have a fresh K95 2.0 installation alongside your previous K95
version. At this point you should carefully migrate your data files from
the old K95 directory to the new ones, as described in the next section.
Because there have been 21 previous K95 releases, and because some
installations have security features and some don't, and some have the new
directory structure and some haved the old, and because each user may have
customized the material in a different way, it is not possible for us to
migrate the old version to the new one automatically with any hope of catching
everything. So you'll have to do this yourself. This should be a one-time
task that gets all K95 users into a configuration that allows future upgrades
to be applied in a simple, consistent, and nondisruptive manner.
In the most common situations, your old Kermit 95 installation is confined to
a single directory tree, typically rooted at C:\K95. In the new
scheme, which is required to allow for multiuser installations as well as
clean separation of (possibly read-only) program and (read/write) user data,
the Kermit 95 files are scattered across several directories, just like other
Windows applications. The exact structure depends on which version of Windows
you have; it is described in detail in the
README file. The arrangement in Windows XP
(English-language version, new installations, not upgrades) would be:
- C:\Program Files\Kermit 95 2.0\
- The program executables, DLLs, documentation, icons, fonts. In K95
shorthand, this is called EXEDIR, and is represented by the
\v(exedir) directory.
- C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kermit 95\
- Kermit 95 directories and data files common to all users on a network
or a multi-user PC. Kermit name: COMMON, variable: \v(common).
- C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Kermit 95\
- Each user's private Kermit 95 data files, one such tree for each user.
Kermit name: APPDATA, variable: \v(appdata). This directory might be
"hidden" on your PC, in which case you'll need to make it visible so you can
open it. In Windows XP this is done in Control Panel →
Folder Options → View: Select "Show hidden files and folders".
Use the Kermit variables names to refer to the appropriate directories on
your PC. In Explorer, you can open a pair of windows; one on the old K95
directory, the other on the new one, and drag files from old to new.
Essentials
The two files that should always be moved from the old K95 top-level directory
to your new \v(appdata) directory are:
- K95CUSTOM.INI
- Your Kermit 95 customization file.
- DIALUSR.DAT
- Your personal Dialer database entries and customizations.
HINT: to migrate these files at the K95 2.0 command prompt, do:
K-95> kcd appdata
K-95> copy c:/k95/k95custom.ini .
K-95> copy c:/k95/dialer.dat .
This assumes your old copy of Kermit 95 is in C:\K95. If not,
substitute the appropriate path.
Most K95 users can stop right here. But don't remove your old Kermit 95
version for a while, just in case it turns out later you forgot something,
or something went amiss in the upgrade installation that you might not notice
until later.
Other Files and Directories
Other files and directories that might need attention include:
- DIALORG.DAT
- Your site-wide organizational Dialer database, if any.
DIALORG.DAT, this should be moved to K95 2.0's \v(common)
directory, for example (Windows XP):
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kermit 95\DIALORG.DAT\
- The Host Mode Data Directories
- If you use Host Mode, the host-mode data files
and directories must be moved:
- The USERS subdirectory directory should be moved to \v(common).
Example (Windows XP): C:\K95\USERS should become:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kermit 95\USERS\
- The PUBLIC subdirectory should also be moved to \v(common).
- The SCRIPTS directory is now in \v(common), and contains
updated Host Mode scripts. If you have made any changes to the host mode
scripts in your own installation, you might need to apply them to the new
ones (you shouldn't just copy over your old ones because they won't work
any more due to the new directory structure).
- New Security-Related Directories
- SSH, CERTS, and CRLS. This are new to K95 1.1.21. Site-wide keys,
certificates, and revocation lists go in \v(common),
user-specific ones go in \v(appdata).
- Other Directories
- The contents of your old Kermit 95 DOWNLOAD, KEYMAPS, PHONES,
SCRIPTS, and TMP subdirectories, if any. These are now in
\v(appdata).
PATH and Other Environment Variables
- If you had defined your Windows PATH to include the K95 executable
directory, you'll need to change your PATH definition. (Check the PATH
definition in a command window by typing "path" or at the K-95> prompt
by typing "echo \$(PATH)").
- If you had defined any Windows environment variables whose values indicate
K95 directories or file specificiations, such as "K95.INI", these should
be adjusted to reflect the new location.
Kerberos Configuration
If you had a Kerberos setup with your previous Kermit version, it was outside
the Kermit 95 directory tree, and will continue to work with K95 2.0.
Upgrading from K95 1.1.21
If you installed Kermit 95 1.1.21 with the InstallShield installer (as opposed
to patching up to it from an earlier version), then after you have completed
the previous steps, you must:
- Remove version 1.1.21 using Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
- Run the 2.0 Upgrade Installer a second time and choose "Repair".
This restores the files from the COMMON directory that are deleted when
version 1.1.21 is uninstalled.
Questions?
If you have questions, send them to
kermit-support@columbia.edu.
K95 2.0 Upgrade /
The Kermit Project /
Columbia University /
kermit@columbia.edu /
24 July 2002