Question

I have a twiki setup that I want to move to a different system. I can copy the Web folders from data and pub, but I also want to retain the registered users. How do I copy their info so that the same users can continue as is on the new system? Thanks.

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-- SantoshC - 16 Nov 2007

Answer

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Assuming that you are using TWiki's standard user management and that you do not need to merge with an existing installation on the new system:

• Copy the Main web located in data/Main (as you wrote). This will copy the individual users' home topics, TWiki's user list (Main.TWikiUsers), and also bring in your local settings in Main.TWikiPreferences.
• Copy the .htpasswd file, usually in data/.htpasswd. You can look up the actual path name using bin/configure in the old installation, or by inspecting lib/LocalSite.cfg with an editor.
• Update the configuration in the new installation to use the same login manager, password manager, and adjust the absolute paths to your directories and the htpasswd file using bin/configure on your new installation, or manually merge the old and new lib/LocalSite.cfg files.
• If you use ApacheLogin, adjust the web server configuration on the new server to point to your copy of the .htpasswd file.

-- HaraldJoerg - 17 Nov 2007