Note also that when testing a copy of a Moodle production site, you don't want Moodle to send mails to people, so you should disable it with this line in config.php :
$CFG->noemailever = true;
See MDL-13483 for details
Hope this helps
Re: What is the method for beta testing a copy of a production moodle
by Séverin Terrier -
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