Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:37:43 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migration from FC4 to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20050923183743.GB4500@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <E3EAE6A0293C2387B46D50D4@[192.168.10.249]> References: <E3EAE6A0293C2387B46D50D4@[192.168.10.249]>
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On 2005-09-23 20:30, Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net> wrote: > Currently I have a running mail/web server under FC4. I have > sendmail+cyrus2 configured. The question is: can I migrate easily to > FreeBSD with only a backup of all mailboxes under /var/imap and > /var/spool/imap and also the backup of /etc/shadow for all users? I'm not sure it's very easy to move the encrypted shadow passwords, but the rest should be *very* easy, once you get the hang of the way FreeBSD works. Make sure you install a test machine with FreeBSD and get acquainted with the installation of the system itself, extra ports/packages and everything you may find useful _before_ the actual switch though :)
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