Migration Question -- 8.6 to 9.2

[DeanC@]

Hello! Sorry to be so dense, but I am not able to get the migration manager (9.2) to connect to the source server (8.6).

This is Linux Cent0S 5.x (new) and CentOS 4.4 (source).

The error I'm getting is "Host ... is not accessible"

Here's the thing. My server root password is different than the primary user password (using SSH I have to log in then do the su thing).

I've tried every combination of every username and password I have.

So, what combination of username/password do I use? Or could it be something else?

 

[DeanC@]

Okay, if I use the "primary" user and user ID, I get the following error:

Error: launchpad error (Error code = 2):
== STDERR ====================
Can't create agent directory /migration/20090912220737737/ on the remote host: sh: line 0: cd: /migration/20090912220737737/: No such file or directory
mkdir: cannot create directory `/migration': Permission denied
==============================

 

[Nataliya Zagr]

Hello,

Please, make sure that you put the root credentials at the Source Host login and password at the following step:

Home > Migration Manager > Migration Settings > Source host

Or any other user with the root credentials.

Thank you

 

[akxak]

For the migration process, you have to allow the login of a root user via ssh.

I normally also use "PermitRootLogin No" for ssh, but for the migration, I had to allow that.

 

[DeanC@]

Thanks akxak! I can't even esitmate how many hours I've spent trying to figure this out. I've been here, and I've tortured my server provider, who has escalated the issue to ... Plesk! They, of course, say stuff like "read the documentation." Not one of them said the magic word ... "permitrootlogin" (in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file). Now it makes sense.

If I knew what all of the tech talk meant, and where to find everything on a server, I wouldn't need an "automated" control panel!

Thanks again, akxak.