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#10990 Manual FTP transfer doesn't go

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 03:54 CST

rolandd
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: 2.5.1
PHP version: 5.3.9
MySQL version: 5.1.56
Host: Rochen
Akeeba Backup version: 3.3.13

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Description of my issue:
Clicking on Transfer archive in the Administer backup files brings up a popup window with a flashing message with the text along the lines of please wait this can take some time. After which nothing else is happening.

The backend log file contains these lines:
[120207 09:27:18] Kettenrad :: Attempting to load from database (backend)
[120207 09:27:18] -- Stored Akeeba Factory (backend) not found - hard reset

The running of the backup itself goes fine. I don't see any JS errors and looking at the source of the popup window, it's an empty body.

Home of RO CSVI and RO Payments https://rolandd.com

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
The empty body occurs if the upload process timeouts. Please note that when you are trying to upload an archive through a web interface you are bound by the PHP and Apache timeout restrictions. You have to use adequately small part sizes, otherwise the upload will fail with a timeout. It's best to try using a smaller part size for split archive (could be as small as 2Mb, it depends on your server's settings and the speed of the FTP uplink) and retry backing up.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

rolandd
Ok, this is a user issue. The FTP user did not have write rights. /me runs off to smack himself on the head :P

Home of RO CSVI and RO Payments https://rolandd.com

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
LoL!! Join the club! I am one of the biggest goofs ever. At one point I wasted 2 hrs trying to debug an FTP issue, but my real problem was that I had exceeded the quota I had forgotten I had set :p

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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