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Security notice: Backup and Migrate will not save backup files

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  1. DrupalJunkie

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    I'm trying to access the "backup and migrate" settings in my Drupal 5.x installation, but keep getting the following error:

    Security notice: Backup and Migrate will not save backup files to the server because the destination directory is publicly accessible. If you want to save files to the server, please secure the 'files/backup_migrate' directory

    I've tried changing the permissions on the backup_migrate directory to 777, 775, 755, 666, etc. all to no avail. Is there something I'm missing here?

    Posted 1 year ago #


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  3. cwd

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    Try updating your backup and migrate module to the latest version. That should fix the issue.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. cwd

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    Another thing to try if that doesn't work - make sure the parent directory to "backup_migrate" is writable. Ie. if you have files/backup_migrate, make sure the "files" directory has writable ("777") permissions.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. DrupalJunkie

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    Thanks! That error is resolved, but now I get the error:

    Security warning: Couldn't modify .htaccess file. Please create a .htaccess file in your files/backup_migrate directory which contains the following lines:
    order allow,deny
    deny from all
    or add them to the existing .htaccess file

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. cwd

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    Simply add those lines to a file named .htaccess. If that doesn't work, delete the existing .htaccess file and try again - Backup and Migrate should automatically create the file for you.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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