Moving account with protected directory to new server

SPaul

• January 30, 2017 19:08

So I have to move a web hosting account from one VPS to another. Just normal stuff except one folder under public_html called 'members' is password protected. I see the .htaccess file in the folder which points to the actual password file in .htpasswds/public_html/members 'passwd'. Each line of this file contains the user name and a hash of the password. Will simply copying this file over work? I presume just copying this file to its counterpart location on the new machine won't work because the hash is machine specific. Is that right? If so, how can I avoid having to manually re-enter hundreds of entries? Thank you.

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  Eminds

  • January 31, 2017 01:40

  You should be able to move the account through Copy account function in WHM ... The WHM to WHM migration tool should take care of all the things.

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  SPaul

  • January 31, 2017 01:48

  I have WHM access only on the target machine.

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 31, 2017 21:11

  Hello, Yes, you can manually copy over the file. Ensure the permissions and ownership values on the file match the source server settings. Thanks!

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  SPaul

  • February 01, 2017 01:24

  Worked perfectly. Thanks. I really should have just tried it before asking but I assumed it couldn't be that easy. Silly me! Thanks again.

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 01, 2017 14:21

  I'm happy to see it worked well. Thank you for updating us with the outcome.

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