Re: [CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine

2009-05-11 Thread Thom Paine
That worked pretty well. Thank you for all the replies. -- -=/>Thom ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine

2009-05-10 Thread Gopinath Achari
there is no problem in the order. only thing is the folder of home directory and mail boxes should be properly restored with the same permissions and ownership . On Thursday 07 May 2009 19:44, Dan Carl wrote: > d just copy /home/* /etc/shadow and > > > /etc/passwd and /var/spool/mail. Does it m

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine

2009-05-07 Thread Dan Carl
Thom Paine wrote: >> if local users copy /home/* /etc/passwd /etc/shadow after first making sure >> there are no dupes on new system >> >> as for mail - what format is tha mail box in? >> >> maybe as simple as copying /var/spool/something >> >> personally i like to use rsync for this as it keeps pe

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine

2009-05-07 Thread Thom Paine
> if local users copy /home/* /etc/passwd /etc/shadow after first making sure > there are no dupes on new system > > as for mail - what format is tha mail box in? > > maybe as simple as copying /var/spool/something > > personally i like to use rsync for this as it keeps perms well if you ask it > t

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine

2008-06-24 Thread John R Pierce
Tom Brown wrote: Is there an easy way to copy all the user accounts and existing mail from the old server to the new one? if local users copy /home/* /etc/passwd /etc/shadow after first making sure there are no dupes on new system I usually do this with yank/paste in vi or whatever, just

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine

2008-06-24 Thread Glenn
At 01:17 PM 6/24/2008, you wrote: I have an old RHEL3 box that I am upgrading to CentOS5. I picked up a new Dell Poweredge R200 to use for that. Is there an easy way to copy all the user accounts and existing mail from the old server to the new one? if local users copy /home/* /etc/passwd

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine

2008-06-24 Thread Glenn
At 12:56 PM 6/24/2008, you wrote: I have an old RHEL3 box that I am upgrading to CentOS5. I picked up a new Dell Poweredge R200 to use for that. Is there an easy way to copy all the user accounts and existing mail from the old server to the new one? Thanks. -- -=/>Thom I have used Webmin/Vir

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine

2008-06-24 Thread Tom Brown
I have an old RHEL3 box that I am upgrading to CentOS5. I picked up a new Dell Poweredge R200 to use for that. Is there an easy way to copy all the user accounts and existing mail from the old server to the new one? if local users copy /home/* /etc/passwd /etc/shadow after first making

[CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine

2008-06-24 Thread Thom Paine
I have an old RHEL3 box that I am upgrading to CentOS5. I picked up a new Dell Poweredge R200 to use for that. Is there an easy way to copy all the user accounts and existing mail from the old server to the new one? Thanks. -- -=/>Thom ___ CentOS mail