{"id":1084,"date":"2021-07-23T12:45:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/copy-an-account-from-another-server-with-account-password\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:45:06","slug":"copy-an-account-from-another-server-with-account-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/copy-an-account-from-another-server-with-account-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Copy an Account from Another Server with Account Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Valid for versions 88 through the latest version<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Overview<\/h2>\n
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Warning:<\/div>\n
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We removed<\/strong> this interface in cPanel & WHM version 90. Use WHM\u2019s Transfer or Restore a cPanel Account<\/em> interface (WHM >> Home >> Transfers >> Transfer or Restore a cPanel Account<\/em>). For more information, read our cPanel Deprecation Plan documentation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This interface attempts to copy a cPanel account from a remote server with a non-root password. To migrate a non-cPanel account to cPanel & WHM, follow the directions in our How to Manually Migrate Accounts to cPanel & WHM from Unsupported Control Panels documentation.<\/p>\n

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If you experience problems with session timeouts, increase the number of seconds in the Number of seconds an SSH connection related to an account transfer may be inactive before timing out<\/em> setting in the System<\/em> section of WHM\u2019s Tweak Settings<\/em> interface (WHM >> Home >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

How to transfer a single account<\/h2>\n

Security<\/h3>\n

In this section of the interface, select whether to use the Restricted Restore<\/em> feature or to copy reseller privileges.<\/p>\n

Restricted Restore<\/h4>\n
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This feature is experimental<\/strong>. Do not<\/strong> consider it an effective security control. Exercise extreme<\/strong> caution when using the Restricted Restore<\/em> feature.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Restricted Restore<\/em> feature performs additional security checks on the backup file in order to mitigate the risk of transfers from unfamiliar sources. If a component of the backup file has an issue (for example, a MySQL grant table is compromised or a symbolic link attached), the system will not restore that portion of the backup and will add a warning to the log file.<\/p>\n

If you do not trust the source of the account backup with root<\/code> access to your server, use the Restricted Restore<\/em> feature to protect your server.<\/p>\n

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To display a sortable and searchable table of all modules and whether they exist in the Restricted Restore<\/em> feature, click Restore Module Summary<\/em>. This list includes any custom modules in the \/var\/cpanel\/perl\/Whostmgr\/Transfers\/Systems\/<\/code> directory.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Warnings about the Restricted Restore feature<\/h4>\n

If you use the Restricted Restore<\/em> feature, be advised that:<\/p>\n

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  • When you restore an account with this feature, the system may leave behind unnecessary account data. This can cause conflicts and leave the account in a broken state. You must remove the account then restore it without<\/strong> using the Restricted Restore<\/em> feature.<\/li>\n
  • This feature will not<\/strong> restore parked (aliased) or addon domains.<\/li>\n
  • This feature only<\/strong> allows restored accounts to use noshell<\/code> or jailshell<\/code> environments. If the restored account uses another shell, the system will set the account to use noshell<\/code> environment.<\/li>\n
  • If you use this feature to restore an account that contains PostgreSQL\u00ae databases, the target server must<\/strong> use PostgreSQL version 8.4 or newer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Settings<\/h3>\n

    In this section of the interface, specify information about the server that currently hosts the account. To do this, perform the following steps:<\/p>\n

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    1. In the Server to copy from<\/em> text box, enter the IP address or fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the remote server.\n
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      • FQDN example<\/strong> \u2014 host.example.com<\/code>\n
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        • The FQDN does not require<\/strong> the trailing dot.<\/li>\n
        • You must<\/strong> enter FQDN\u2019s in lowercase letters.
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        • IP address example<\/strong> \u2014 127.0.0.1<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • In the Username to copy<\/em> text box, enter the username that owns the site.<\/li>\n
        • In the User\u2019s password<\/em> text box, enter the user\u2019s password.<\/li>\n
        • To give the account a dedicated IP address on the target server, select the Give new account an ip address<\/em> checkbox.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          • The remote server must<\/strong> use the same operating system as this server (Linux).<\/li>\n
          • We strongly<\/strong> recommend that you create a backup file, and then restore the backup file via WHM\u2019s Restore a Full Backup\/cpmove file<\/em> interface (WHM >> Home >> Transfers >> Restore a Full Backup\/cpmove file<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

            Copy Account<\/h3>\n

            After you make your selections, click Copy Account<\/em> to begin the transfer process. The Account Transfer<\/em> interface (WHM >> Home >> Transfers >> Account Transfer<\/em>) will appear.<\/p>\n

            About streaming transfers<\/h3>\n

            When you use WHM to copy an account from another server, the system automatically queries the remote server to determine whether streaming is a viable option. Streaming provides a faster and less resource-intensive transfer of accounts between cPanel & WHM servers. The streaming process occurs as follows:<\/p>\n

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            1. The pkgacct<\/code> utility packages and transfers the account without the home directory on the remote server.<\/li>\n
            2. During account restoration, the target server retrieves the home directory.<\/li>\n
            3. The target server copies the home directory via a network connection directly from the remote server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              To enable streaming transfers, the following statements must<\/strong> be true:<\/p>\n

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              • The target server must<\/strong> connect to the remote server via port 2086<\/code> (or port 2087<\/code> if you prefer to use SSL).<\/li>\n
              • The user who begins the transfer must<\/strong> have root<\/code>-level privileges on the remote server\u2019s WHM interface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Compatibility issues<\/h2>\n

                Because of changes to the backup system and other system features (for example, Horde), several compatibility issues exist in the restoration process.<\/p>\n

                MySQL and PostgreSQL database passwords<\/h3>\n

                In cPanel & WHM version 11.42 and later, the system restores MySQL\u00ae and PostgreSQL databases to the account. However, the system does not<\/strong> restore the user\u2019s password and it locks the user out of the databases.<\/p>\n

                To refresh the user\u2019s privileges and restore access, the user must<\/strong> navigate to cPanel\u2019s phpPgAdmin<\/em> interface (cPanel >> Home >> Databases >> phpPgAdmin<\/em>) or cPanel\u2019s phpMyAdmin<\/em> interface (cPanel >> Home >> Databases >> phpMyAdmin<\/em>). When the user accesses either interface, the system refreshes the user\u2019s privileges and restores access.<\/p>\n

                Horde<\/h3>\n

                In cPanel & WHM version 11.50 and later, Horde SQLite database backups are not<\/strong> backwards compatible. For example, you cannot<\/strong> restore a Horde database backup that you created with cPanel & WHM version 11.52 to an installation of cPanel & WHM version 11.50.<\/p>\n

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                In cPanel & WHM version 11.48 or earlier, Horde uses MySQL.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

                Backups do not<\/strong> include some global Horde files. For more information, read our Backup Tarball Contents and Guide to Horde Data Behavior documentation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Valid for versions 88 through the latest version Version: 82 88 Overview Warning: We removed this interface in cPanel & WHM version 90. Use WHM\u2019s Transfer or Restore a cPanel Account interface (WHM >> Home >> Transfers >> Transfer or Restore a cPanel Account). For more information, read our cPanel Deprecation Plan documentation. This interface …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}