How to copy a WHM account

[tehsinjan]

When I try to copy all my accounts in a WHM I receive the following message:
Fetching Domain Information... The remote server 74.222.1.120 unexpectedly terminated the connection. (wrong port or connection not allowed from this server?)
Trace Output: (ssh: connect to host 72.29.95.142 port 22: Connection refused


sshdisconnectproblem
)
Done

BELOW IS THE LOG
Packaging the account... The remote server 72.29.95.142 unexpectedly terminated the connection. (wrong port or connection not allowed from this server?)
Trace Output: (ssh: connect to host 72.29.95.142 port 22: Connection refused


sshdisconnectproblem
)
Done

CAN ANY ONE GUIDE ME WHATS WRONG?
HOW TO COPY FROM OTHER WHM. I DONT HAVE ROOT ACESS THERE. I ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO RESELLER ACCOUNT THERE. HERE I HAVE ROOT ACCESS.

 

[david510]

Make a backup of the account from the remote cpanel, from the cpanel backup area. Download it to your local machine. Upload this backup file into /home of your new server. Login as root to the new server. Run this command to restore the account.

/scripts/restorepkg username

where username is the account username.

 

[david510]

You may also check with host the port on which the SSH is running on the remote server. Seems ssh is not on port 22.

 

[ramprage]

sh: connect to host 72.29.95.142 port 22: Connection refused

WHM copy function works over SSH, you need to ensure the target system has the SSHD service running and you have the right port specified.

 

[brianoz]

I don't use ssh for copying these, I don't trust the remote host not to grab my ftp password - paranoia I know, they're not really out to get me!

What I do:

Go into the customer cpanel and make a full backup, wait for it to finish
Right-click "copy link" on the backup when finished
Log into the new machine where the account will end up over ssh
cd /home
wget (PASTE)
Go to WHM "Restore a Full backup/cpmove"
enter the account name and press go

This works very reliably. The alternative, WHM Copy account can be very unreliable for some reason, not sure why. I haven't tested out WHM Reseller's copy account but that would be another option if you're not root on your server.