[GLLUG] Migrate mail from one server to another with imapsync

Jason L. Froebe jason.froebe at gmail.com
Mon Oct 14 15:59:53 EDT 2013


if you have access to the system, you could save the shadow file, change
the passwords to something you know, do the export and then restore the
shadow file.

jason


On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Kami Vaniea <kami.vaniea at gmail.com> wrote:

> In any well designed system it is impossible for anyone, even root, to
> get access to the raw password because it isn't stored anywhere.
>
> - Kami
>
> On 10/14/2013 03:28 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
> > http://www.linuxbrigade.com/migrate-mail-one-server-another-imapsync/
> >
> > I saw this article on Linux Today, and thought someone might find it
> > handy.
> >
> > I do have one question about it, though.  I know root can change the
> > passwords of users, but is there some way for root to find out what
> > the passwords are without changing them, as the script in this article
> > requires?
>
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