2012-04-19, 09:35:49
eataudio Wrote:Hey Reed,
Firstly, congrats on 2nd place in the create-a-thon. Good job!
So yeah, great plugin. Actually kind of using it as a general backup tool at the moment, which is great. Killing multiple birds with one stone here.
A couple of issue I had which were all on my end, but I thought I'd mention them here incase anyone else is having trouble. Maybe add them in a 'Possible Problems' section on your plugin page?
1) Make sure all your backup directories are owned by the same user as your php/webserver processes. 'chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www' in my case. They should be set this way anyway, really!
2) If you're sending to a GMail address, be aware they don't accept .zip extensions! (edit: or maybe it does, just not zipped .xml or .php or something *sigh*) Suggestion: zip encryption feature!
3) If you're sending the backup to your own mailserver, make sure it's configured to accept attachments larger than your backup archive (Doh!)
Cheers dude!
Hi eataudio,
Thank you for the feedback
Permissions errors are a constant bugbear with this plugin, and at some point I'll need to improve its handling + feedback for them.
Regarding Gmail rejecting backup attachments, their Help center explains that they will reject mail with executable attachments - presumably the presence of .php files in the backup causes it to be bounced? Anyway, I've added a warning to the Destination page for email addresses, just in case