From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 15 20:15:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1EF716A41F for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:15:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4908543D6A for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:15:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id j8FKFnBn010106; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:15:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id j8FKFnCJ010105; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:15:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200509152015.j8FKFnCJ010105@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: lisa@jellico.com (Lisa Casey) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:15:49 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <001501c5ba25$e3333f30$d580a23f@lisac> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I do this? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:15:57 -0000 > > Hi, > > I want to replace a computer running FreeBSD 3.2 with one running FreeBSD > 5.3. The 3.2 computer is currently used as a web server and a DNS server. I > have installed FreeBSD 5.3 and am currently adding the Apache2.50 port. > > Once I add the Apache web server and Bind, can I then just copy config files > from the old system to the new one? With Apache: can I copy httpd.conf from > the old system to the new then move my htdocs directory to the new system? > For Bind, could I just copy named.conf from the old system to the new then > copy my zone files over to the new system? For the most part, yes. But, you might have to tweak some things. Some system config files have moved. You will want to read up on things before trying this. Note that Apache will probably install in a different place now than that old version did and the startup for utilities is now all in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. In addition, Perl is no longer installed by default. You will have to do it from ports. As long as you are completely redoing the machines, why not go with the most recent release of FreeBSD? That would be 5.4. It is an improvement over 5.3. ////jerry > > Thanks, > > Lisa Casey >