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#15027 Unreadable directories warning

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 14 February 2013 05:36 CST

Wednesday, 13 February 2013 14:35 CST

user72319

Mandatory information about my setup:
Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes (warnings)

Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes

Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes

Joomla! version: Joomla! 2.5.8 Stable [ Ember ] 8-November-2012 14:00 GMT

PHP version: 5.3.17

MySQL version: 5.5.27

Host: Linux

Akeeba Backup version: Akeeba Backup Professional 3.6.12 (2013-01-04)

Description of my issue:

Warnings are listed after full backup regarding 3 unreadable directories. No details for directory are given in log and a checking from console do not show any unreadable directories nor files (with permissions other than 644 and 755)

Thank you!

Wednesday, 13 February 2013 15:27 CST

nicholas

Go into your site's temporary directory and delete all files you will find there. Then retry taking a backup and send me the backup log file.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013 15:47 CST

user72319

Attached is requested log: files removed from temporary Joomla folder (just index.html left).

Wednesday, 13 February 2013 15:54 CST

nicholas

OK, the backup completes just fine and I don't see any unreadable directory messages there.

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!

Thursday, 14 February 2013 05:29 CST

user72319

Hello, when there really are unreadable directories or files, do they appear in that case in the log? Do you have a sample warning line? How to distinguish between a false warning and a real warning without posting a support ticket?

Thank you!

Thursday, 14 February 2013 05:36 CST

nicholas

Really unreadable files and directories are always logged by the archiver engine. A sample log line would be

DEBUG  |130213 00:40:42|Unreadable file <root>/components/com_foobar/baz.php. Check permissions

If you don't see such a message there is no unreadable file or directory.

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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