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#15969 CRON JOB Couldn't write to the SQL dump file

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Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 06 May 2013 16:31 CDT

Monday, 06 May 2013 13:52 CDT

jdelmer
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: 2.5.9
PHP version: 5.2.17
MySQL version: 5.1.68-cll
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)
Akeeba Backup version: Akeeba Backup Professional 3.6.5

Description of my issue:

Doing a CRON Job Backup all works well until end
then the error below:

An error has occurred:
Couldn't write to the SQL dump file /public_html/administrator/components/com_akeeba/backup/955c371a.sql; check the temporary directory permissions and make sure you have enough disk space available.

I have Admin Tools as well as Backup. Could this be a security / permissions problem
due to Enhanced .htaccess or Admin Tools? If so could you suggest an exception
that i could do / write to fix the problem.

A VERY Happy Akeeba Subscriber

Thank you for your time and attention.

Jim Delmer
Great Bear Design
[email protected]

Monday, 06 May 2013 16:31 CDT

nicholas
Hello Jim,

No, it cannot be caused by the .htaccess. As the message says, you are either running out of disk space or the permissions are wrong. Do note that running the backup from a command line (CRON does count as command line) means that it runs under a different user than your site. Therefore the temporary directory –which is the same as the output directory as far as Akeeba Backup, and only Akeeba Backup, is concerned– may be unwriteable. You can always do what I do: create a different backup profile for your command line backups and set an output directory outside your site's root, with proper ownership and permissions to make the backup possible.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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