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Mandatory information about my setup: Joomla 2.5.14 with password protected administrator directory

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Joomla! version: 2.5.14
PHP version: 5.3.8
MySQL version: 5.5.28
Host: www.mevlana.ch
Akeeba Backup version: 3.7.10

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Description of my issue:
Hi, since i Upgraded my Joomla to 2.5.14 I have Problems with the Cron Job.

I contacted the hoster to send me the logs of the job, he sent me this:

PHP Warning: require_once(/includes/defines.php) [<a href='function.require-once'>function.require-once</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/web83/html/mevlana/cli/akeeba-backup.php on line 62
PHP Fatal error: require_once() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed opening required '/includes/defines.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php-gd-5.2.17/lib/php') in /home/www/web83/html/mevlana/cli/akeeba-backup.php on line 62
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.17
Content-type: text/html

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<b>Warning</b>: require_once(/includes/defines.php) [&lt;a href='function.require-once'&gt;function.require-once&lt;/a&gt;]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/home/www/web83/html/mevlana/cli/akeeba-backup.php</b> on line <b>62</b><br />
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<b>Fatal error</b>: require_once() [&lt;a href='function.require'&gt;function.require&lt;/a&gt;]: Failed opening required '/includes/defines.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php-gd-5.2.17/lib/php') in <b>/home/www/web83/html/mevlana/cli/akeeba-backup.php</b> on line <b>62</b><br />

The Backend Backup works very good. Since the Update, i did secure the Administrator directory with a password, because a lot of logins happended. My hoster blocked the page and told me too secure it with a password (only the administrator directory)

If you need anything else from me, I will send it. Thanks for your help

Hello Davide

I checked the files. i attached a screenshot of the folder. I did reinstall Joomla in a new directory last week.

Getting your host to upgrade to a modern version of php is certainly the right answer, but your host will probbaly have other ideas. It may be easier to get them to tell you the path where a more up to date version of php can be found. For example, my host also defaults to 5.2.x, my cron jobs need to start with "/opt/php53/bin/php" to call php 5.3.x.

Thanks for your help. The hoster updated my php cli so the problem is solved.