The cPanel conversion script currently only works for Admin Level restores. You must have to be an admin.
Four easy steps of migrating cPanel account to DirectAdmin
Step 1:
Generate backup data on cPanel. Create a full backup of the Home Directory.
Step 2:
Rename the generated backup file to cpmove-user.tar.gz and change file permission to 755.
Step 3:
Transfer the backup to DirectAdmin. You can do the transfer in two ways:
1. For the beginner: Move the backup to public_html and download it using a browser and upload it to user_backups folder of DirectAdmin.
2. For advance user:
- Move the backup to public_html.
Login to root using putty
Go to the user backups folder.
cd /home/admin/user_backups
- Upload the backup from backup URL of the cPanel website. Run command below:
- wget http://website.com/cpmove-user.tar.gz
Step 4:
After successful download to User Backups folder, restore the backup with Admin Tools “Admin Backup/Transfer” of DirectAdmin