Database Backup Error Message.

[She Unlimited]

Warning: fopen(./forumbackup-12-15-2005.sql): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /admincp/backup.php on line 172
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS access; CREATE TABLE `access` ( `userid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `forumid` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `accessmask` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', UNIQUE KEY `userid` (`userid`,`forumid`) ) TYPE=MyISAM;
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /admincp/backup.php on line 177
Processing: access





Plus, now that the backup is runnning, typing and moving around to a slow crawl???? My PC Too

[Steve Machol]

To make a backup to your admincp directory you will need to chmod that directory to 777.Note: The only consistently reliable method of backing up and restoring a database is with shell access via telnet or ssh. Please see the instructions here:

Backup:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/maintenance_ssh_backup

Restore:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/maintenance_ssh_restore

This is because backing up with a PHP script like that in the Admin CP or phpMyAdmin can result in PHP timeouts errors and an incomplete backup file.