Migrating Users

[Nautic]

Hi All,

I have a question regarding user migration, I would like to pull about 15 users off one DA server and put them on another. However the naming convention of the accounts on the second server is different to the first.

In the past I have simply backed up on DA1, created the same username on DA2, copied the backup and restored it on DA2.

However how can I backup on DA1 and restore that backup on DA2 under a different username?

Regards,

Joel

 

[zEitEr]

Hello,

Depending on what level backup you're going to use you can rename files (if to speak about reseller level backups): oldusername.tar.gz to newusername.tar.gz. And restore a backup with a new name. Note, you'll need to modify manually all php scripts to allow the to connect to MySQL server with new names (the restored user will have its database names beginning with newusername_).

Search the forums if you want more details about the subject, as it was already discussed with real and good detailed examples.