sangrelx

I have experienced the same issue on several installs now. So I did what I have read others have done on several public forums. I switched to a different plugin. I had to do some additional work on this site to make that switch but our team decided it was best.

Thanks anyways.

PHP safe mode is a function of PHP that has been deprecated in future versions of PHP. If your web host is willing to disable it then that is great if not then you will not be able to use EZ Backup.

I’m in the process of making the settings to configure this plugin for my computer, but I’ve encountered a problem. It is cited in this statement: “Warning: fopen(/home/bobs75/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-ez-backup/functions/backup.sh) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/bobs75/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-ez-backup/wp-ezbackup.php on line 550
cannot open file.” What exactly do I need to do to eliminate this problem? I have sent a message to the author of the plugin, but he hasn’t responded. Any help with this would be appreciated. Thanks.

I did not see this post until tonight lol sorry

FOPEN error means it cannot open a file it requires to do its job on line 550 of the script its trying to open the file

backup.sh under the functions folder in your webspace – since it cannot open this file it cannot proceed

the plugin automatically attempts to set correct file permissions when its activated if for some reason this failed this might be why you see this error

i would suggest deleting the plugin, then reinstalling it directly FROM your wordpress admin panel – via the add plugin and looking up wordpress EZ Backup

if this error happens again make sure backup.sh and functions sh are set to file permissions 754

Also another note – I never had any messages from you concerning your issues the Contact form on the lastnightsdesigns.com web site goes directly to my daily inbox

ALSO NOTE this ERROR
Warning: shell_exec() has been disabled for security reasons

means the plugin wont work even if you fix file permissions because your webhost has disabled the use of shell scripts within your user account

this plugin relies soley on shell scripting access – the main reason for using this method is to allow backups of Large sites as with just using PHP your limited to the max setting in php.ini which is generally under 100megs

Thanks for catching that navjotjsingh

I will fix that right now and send the updated version to the Repository