OK....I know the answer to this but just need it confirmend. :bawling:

Is there ANY way possible to move a group of accounts at one time withOUT having the root password on the OTHER machine where the accounts exist?

I have a reseller that wants to move all of his accounts (50 or so) but he dosent have root access.

If you're using WHM daily backups you can copy the .tar.gz files across the Internet and restore on the remote server. Then you just need to apply the changes to the httpd.conf file.

Good luck. :)

Why would ME using WHM daily backups have any effect on transfering from another server? I need what is on the other server.

the answer is "no" :)

Thanks.... I think :(

I take back my last post, it never happend :scatter:

Originally posted by kickmybutt
OK....I know the answer to this but just need it confirmend. :bawling:

Is there ANY way possible to move a group of accounts at one time withOUT having the root password on the OTHER machine where the accounts exist?

I have a reseller that wants to move all of his accounts (50 or so) but he dosent have root access.

If the question is if "Is there ANY way possible", I'd say YES!

Hacking the remote CPANEL server and getting root access is always a possible way. Not a good way, though :D

Now, serious: If I were you, I'd ask your reseller to give you a list with the account's logins/passwords in the remote server, so you're able to get them using the WHM transfer function. Note that if you have root WHM, you can transfer accounts using only the remote IP, user login & user password (no remote root needed). Not a one time operation, though.

Your reseller can build that list by asking each custommer their passwords or reseting all passwords using his reseller WHM in remote host.

I've done it before (charging a small fee/account transfer), and had no problem, except for mailing-lists configs.

good luck.

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Rodrigo

That makes me shiver.... ONE BY ONE..... That was the original plan and was actually started. Just though I would see if there was an easier way.

Guess I could ask the other host for root password!!! LOL!!!

BTW: if you're tranfering reseller accounts with the above method, you may need to alter the transfered client's DNS zones setting them to your reseller's DNS.

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Rodrigo

Doesn't CPanel have a way to transfer accounts automatically?

Would it be possible for WHM to create an account right from a cpmove-username.tar.gz?

Can I do that via SSH and how? Thanks for the help. I did it using the "Restore a Full Backup/cpmove file" but it didn;t seem to work.

Well, if your current host is nice enough, they might help with the move.

I set a temp root password on my new dedi server, and asked my host to move allt eh accounts. I listed all the accounts to be moved, and they did it for me via WHM :)

~Francisco

I own the current server. The old account was suspended from my provider and all they gave me was the full back-up (cpmove-user.tar.gz)

Recently transfered several accounts to a new server via WHM, everything transfered properly except was missing some of the MySQL files, had to dump the original files to local disk and delete the few files that made the transfer on the new server before reinstalling the file structure. :D