Lee4029 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I am new to OS and am having a problem figuring out how to backup my files. When I go to the Database Backup link I get a red bar at the top that says ( Error: Backup directory is not writeable). Can anyone explain how I can get a backup? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 CHMOD the folder backups to 777 using an ftp program (usually right click CHMOD) I am new to OS and am having a problem figuring out how to backup my files. When I go to the Database Backup link I get a red bar at the top that says ( Error: Backup directory is not writeable). Can anyone explain how I can get a backup? Thanks in advance. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4029 Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 CHMOD the folder backups to 777 using an ftp program (usually right click CHMOD) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks, but that all sounds like a different language to me. Could you go into a little more detail as to what I need to do. Hate to sound like a pain, but I am very new to this. Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtRat Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 2,290,000 googled pages for "how to chmod" :thumbsup: this will at least get you to understand what it is some webhosts have admin side cmod control some ftp programs allow cmod all depends on what you use and have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 CHMOD is a way of setting file permissions on who can read and/or write the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4029 Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 CHMOD is a way of setting file permissions on who can read and/or write the file. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Does it matter if my site is hosted by a different company? I can access the backend of my site, add and change products, and make modifications. Guess I thought this would be as simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Vger Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Either: Go to your web hosting control panel and look for a File Manager - this may allow you to set the permissions for the folder that way. If not .... FTP to your website, right-click and select Operations --> FTP Commands --> CHMOD and set them that way (this is for WS FTP Pro although other FTP programmes are similar) Vger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4029 Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 Either: Go to your web hosting control panel and look for a File Manager - this may allow you to set the permissions for the folder that way. If not .... FTP to your website, right-click and select Operations --> FTP Commands --> CHMOD and set them that way (this is for WS FTP Pro although other FTP programmes are similar) Vger <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bear with me as I am trying to follow you. I go into file manager. I then click on the admin folder. From there I can see my backups folder. How do I know if I can set the permissions? Also if this does not work how would you reccommend I FTP the site? Much Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Vger Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 The 'File Manager' you need to use is in your Web Hosting control panel - don't confuse this with the osCommerce 'admin' control panel File Manager. In your Web Hosting control panel you should see the options to reset the permissions when using the File Manager. If you don't have an FTP programme then I suggest you download the 30 day trial version of WS FTP Pro and install it. To connect to your website you'll need your host id - usually something like ftp.yourdomain.com, and your User Name (usually the same as for your web hosting control panel access), and your password. Then you navigate to the file using the info I supplied above. Vger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4029 Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 The 'File Manager' you need to use is in your Web Hosting control panel - don't confuse this with the osCommerce 'admin' control panel File Manager. In your Web Hosting control panel you should see the options to reset the permissions when using the File Manager. If you don't have an FTP programme then I suggest you download the 30 day trial version of WS FTP Pro and install it. To connect to your website you'll need your host id - usually something like ftp.yourdomain.com, and your User Name (usually the same as for your web hosting control panel access), and your password. Then you navigate to the file using the info I supplied above. Vger <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Vger, Thank you for being so helpful. I hope you can help me a little more. I have my host id, user name and password. I downloaded both the WS FTP Pro and a program called Smart FTP. Both of these I am unfamiliar with. I imputed the info to the WS FTP Pro but am not sure what I am looking at. It does not appear to be my site files. Any direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Vger Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 If you set up a 'connection' using WS FTP Pro and clicked the 'Connect' button and made a successful connection to the domains files then you've made a good start. When you get to your site via FTP you may not immediately be seeing the folder that your websites files are kept in. Look for a folder called e.g. html or htdocs, or look for a link to that folder e.g. mainwebsite_html Vger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4029 Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 If you set up a 'connection' using WS FTP Pro and clicked the 'Connect' button and made a successful connection to the domains files then you've made a good start. When you get to your site via FTP you may not immediately be seeing the folder that your websites files are kept in. Look for a folder called e.g. html or htdocs, or look for a link to that folder e.g. mainwebsite_html Vger <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OK ... finally I'm in. I see the following folders. etc mail public_ftp public_html tmp www if I go into html I see an admin folder. If I go in it I see the folder "backups". In it is nothing. Not sure where to go from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4029 Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 OK ... finally I'm in. I see the following folders. etc mail public_ftp public_html tmp www if I go into html I see an admin folder. If I go in it I see the folder "backups". In it is nothing. Not sure where to go from here. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Vger, I got it to work. You have no idea how much this helped me out. Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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