Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 17:31:17 +1000 From: Robert Moss <rmoss@bigpond.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating a server? Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20010825173054.01f1d700@localhost>
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So you have two physical servers, the old and the new one? On the new one, i would install the latest version of FreeBSD and have it on -STABLE branch. Then install relevant packages or compile up ports so that you have sendmail and named running Then copy over the relevant config files for sendmail and named, so like /etc/sendmail.* /etc/mail/* /etc/aliases* for sendmail, and /etc/named.* /etc/namedb/* or /usr/local/etc/named* or /var/domain/* or /var/named/* depending on where you have installed named, and where the zone files are. Default install is /etc/named.conf and /etc/namedb for zone files. There will probably be a few minor hiccups on the new system, but if you read /var/log/messages the errors should be fairly simple to work out. Cheers rob. At 11:24 PM 24/08/2001 -0700, you wrote: >hello! > >i hope this isn't too obvious a question, but i've been having some >trouble with this, so i'm hoping some people might have some insight >into the matter. > >i've got a server that serves both DNS and mail for my domains. i want >to replace this with a new server in a new facility. it's easy to set >up the new server with named and all that for the new IP address(es), >but i am not sure how to migrate: > >a. user accounts and passwords >b. sendmail configuration (old server is freebsd 3.4, new is 4.3) >c. i don't know to test this stuff out, because the new server is set up >to be the DNS for itself, but won't a lot of programs get confused about >reverse DNS mappings, etc ... ? > > >any suggestions on a good way to do this? really DNS, user accounts >with password, and, of course, mail, are all that i want to move over. > >any pointers would be appreciated. > >thanks, >marc. > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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