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On Tuesday 22 August 2006 16:56, Travis Vermaak wrote:
> Hi Patrick
>
> Thanks you.I appreciate the response.
>
> I never setup the server, just doing a bit of research for the
> (boss) man, but maybe you can answer a few questions for me. I
> have an existing Exim server with accounts on already, and an
> old Sendmail server we want to take out, but want to take the
> rest of the accounts from the Sendmail server and add them to
> the existing accounts in Exim.
What operating system is running on the "sendmail server" and the
"exim server"? Distro?
>
> Is this possible? What is the file/folder Im looking for in
> Sendmail?
Yes it is, probably /etc/passwd (and /etc/shadow) unless this is
a BSD box. In any case what you are trying to move are system
user accounts - i.e you are looking at a UNIX specific thing.
Has very little to do with sendmail or exim for that matter.
> Any chance you can give me step by step
> instructions?
>
> If the sendmail config was changed, ill get back to you.
>
> Thanks Again! Much apprecited
>
> Regards
> Travis Vermaak
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Okui [mailto:pokui@psg.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:37 PM
> To: exim-users@???
> Cc: Travis
> Subject: Re: [exim] Migration from Sendmail to Exim
>
> On Monday 21 August 2006 16:26, Travis wrote:
> > Anyone know if there is a migration script or Exim commands
> > that can import accounts from sendmail?
>
> Erm.. sendmail by default uses the system accounts (i.e in
> your password file). The default exim setup will use those
> same accounts so no scripts needed.
>
> If you have modified the sendmail configuration then you'll
> have to post what you changed then you'll get help on how to
> migrate that information.
>
> --
> patrick
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