cpanel migrate - a lot of garbage files

[shoulders]

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version	Ubuntu Linux 22.04.5
Usermin version	2.102
Virtualmin version	7.20.2 Pro
Theme version	21.20.7
Apache version	2.4.52
Package updates	9 package updates are available

the issue

When you import a cpanel account it seems to bring a load of gargbage files into the home directory and some subfolders such as /home/etc/

@jcameron the cpanel account I have sent you should show you. I can compile a full list if required but this would take some time and might be a weekend job.

sorry to be a bit lazy on this one.

[iliajie]

Hello,

Are you sure that migrating a cPanel backup actually creates a /home/etc directory? That seems bizarre, and if it does, it’s definitely a bug.

[shoulders]

Let me investigate more at the weekend and I will compile a list of garbage files and folders that are imported or prove myself wrong 😃

But if you import the archive I sent Jamie that should show you.

[jcameron]

Do you mean /home/etc or /home/migrateduser/etc ? The latter is expected, as all new Virtualmin domains should have it.

[shoulders]

Do you mean /home/etc or /home/migrateduser/etc ? The latter is expected, as all new Virtualmin domains should have it.

No I mean all over the place in the users home folder /home/myuser/

It is almost like you are just expanding the cpanel archive directly into the virtualmin user folder for some things. I need to fully go over the users folder to properly say what is garbage and what is not.

I will need to manually clean my virtualmin user's folder, this is going to take me ages and I don't even know where to start so this needs to be looked at for people in the future etc... 😄

Just a quick one is: /home/myuser/.spamassassin/ and there are loads of files from my old server. See below. The name was my old servers name.

[jcameron]

Yes we currently copy over everything from the homedir directory in the backup, or homedir.tar if it exists. If there are directories you think should be excluded, please let me know!

[shoulders]

Is there a reason for just copying everything over? Is the virtualmin folder structure the same as cpanel?

[iliajie]

We copy all files because users may have created their own custom directories.

[shoulders]

That makes sense.

Let me check over the import to see what should not be moved.