http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate

I recommend setting up a basic drupal 6.9 site on the new server. Make sure all of apache mods and special features such as clean URLs are working.

Then utilize the backup and migrate module.

Brett Evanson wrote:

Also, try going to http://newhost.com/index.php?q=user and see if that comes up

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Brett Evanson brettev@gmail.com wrote:

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This sounds like it could be a clean urls issue. Did you get the .htaccess file copied over? Does your new host support .htaccess files and mod_rewrite for apache?

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Néstor rotsen@gmail.com wrote:

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I tried moving Drupal 6.9 from one host to another and it did not work.

1. I did a 'mysqldump -u root -p --opt drupal69 > drupal69.sql

2. I copied the entire Drupal69 directory under my htdocs to my the new host's htdocs directory

3. I created the DB on the new host and then I installed the dump using the following command 'mysql -u root -p drupal69 < drupal69.sql'

4. I edit the config file and changed the '10.100.5.126' ip address to

'localhost' and set the password to the correct password. (the user is the same)

I am able to see the main page but when I try to log in, I get the error page not found for htdocs/drupal69/user.

What are the proper steps tp follow?

Thanks,

Nestor

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On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Néstor rotsen@gmail.com wrote:

Both host are windows running WAMP.

I did not set a .htaccess on directories at work or at home.

What people are saying is that Drupal has a very important .htaccess file in the Drupal document root. Very often when using FTP clients, these files are hidden and so don't get copied when one wishes to copy or move a site from one host to another.

The trick is to make sure you copied the Drupal .htaccess file along with the other. If you did, then we can narrow it down to another issue. But first that must be clear.

Victor Kane http://awebfactory.com.ar

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Scott scott@bscottholmes.com wrote:

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One might also check in the .htaccess file on line 110:

# If your site is running in a VirtualDocumentRoot at http://example.com/, # uncomment the following line: RewriteBase /

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BTW, the error_log file is were I found the error warning about file not found. But I thought that the information about http://localhost/drupal69/usrwould be information only found on the database. Is this correct? If it is, then maybe is the user password that the system can not understand, but in this case, I should just get an error of an invalid password, correct?

uhmm....

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Néstor rotsen@gmail.com wrote:

Both host are windows running WAMP.

I first host is my work desktop and second host is my home desktop

I install both. I am not using extra modules in apache just the default.

I did not set a .htaccess on directories at work or at home.

I will have to look at http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate

I just wanted to do more work at home.

Thanks,

Nestor

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Scott scott@bscottholmes.com wrote:

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One might also check in the .htaccess file on line 110:

# If your site is running in a VirtualDocumentRoot at http://example.com/, # uncomment the following line: RewriteBase /

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