Can I do this?

Matt Emmerton matt at gsicomp.on.ca
Thu Sep 15 11:58:49 PDT 2005


> Hi,
>
> I want to replace a computer running FreeBSD 3.2 with one running FreeBSD
> 5.3. The 3.2 computer is currently used as a web server and a DNS server.
I
> have installed FreeBSD 5.3 and am currently adding the Apache2.50 port.
>
> Once I add the Apache web server and Bind, can I then just copy config
files
> from the old system to the new one?
> With Apache: can I copy  httpd.conf from
> the old system to the new then move my htdocs directory to the new system?
> For Bind, could I just copy named.conf  from the old  system to the new
then
> copy my zone files over to the new system?

The htdocs and zone files you can copy straight over; the config files for
both Bind and Apache will need some fixing.

--
Matt Emmerton



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