Moving a client to another HDD

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wheimeng

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Hi there,

I would like to move one of my clients to another HDD, may I know how is it possible with Direct Admin?
 
not a clue how this is done with DA, and im failry sure its not possible to do without a fait bit of work... you need someone who has either done this kind of thing before with DA, or speak to DA support to check how it can be done...

Chris
 
OK, I bet so :(

Waiting for reply from DA support team, I hope this is possible.
 
Hello,

Once you install the 2nd HD, you'll need to mount it as /home2 or something like that. Then copy the user files over to /home2/username. Once that is done, you can use usermod to move his home directory:
Code: 
usermod -d /home2/username username
echo "action=rewrite&value=httpd" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue
The rewrite is so that httpd finds the new home directory. You might also get a few issues with the ftp paths, which will have to be changed as well. (/etc/proftpd.passwd)

John
 
I am on freebsd... I can't seem to find the usermod command.
 
I tired the PW command and it didnt work I get forbidden errors. Does anyone have detailed instructions on how to do this with freebsd?
 
I have done this before and it has nothing to do with Direct admin and works fine for me.

For example is your user has a directory like this
/home/user1

then you will want to install you new hard drive and mount that and create a folder on it (example../user1)

Next you want to copy everything over from
/home/user1 to new hdd /user1 folder you just created
next create a symlink from /home/user1 to point to new hdd /user1

You need root to be able to do any of this. I havent had any problems at all with mine.
 
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