Title: [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Error 401 with wp-cron.php
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Error 401 with wp-cron.php

 *  Resolved [rrousset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rrousset/)
 * (@rrousset)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-401-with-wp-cronphp/)
 * Hi,
 * i’ve just installed backupwordpress plugin on Windows 2008 R2 server.
 * When i try to make a backup, I get the following error : “BackUpWordPress has
   detected a problem. wp-cron.php is returning a 401 response which could mean 
   cron jobs aren’t getting fired properly. BackUpWordPress relies on wp-cron to
   run back ups in a separate process.”
 * Thanks,
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  [Buzzard01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzzard01/)
 * (@buzzard01)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-401-with-wp-cronphp/#post-2143606)
 * I had a similar error, due to the fact that my installation was in a protected
   directory.
    To solve this error, make sure that wp-cron.php is accesable, so 
   exclude this file from being protected.
 *  Plugin Author [Matthew Haines-Young](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattheu/)
 * (@mattheu)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-401-with-wp-cronphp/#post-2143627)
 * Thanks Buzzard01
 * I have not done much work on this part of the plugin – but let me know how you
   get on with Buzzard01’s advice.
 * If wp-cron.php is not working properly, you may also be having other problems
   too – For example WordPress uses cron to schedule updates etc
 *  Thread Starter [rrousset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rrousset/)
 * (@rrousset)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-401-with-wp-cronphp/#post-2143629)
 * Thanks Buzzard01.
    I’m not a expert on Windows 2008 R2 server. I try to set all
   the permission “Full control” to IIS_IUSRS and modify the .htaccess of the directory
   c:\inetpub\wwwroot\wp-content\backups with “allow from all” …I also set the permission“
   Full control” for the file “wp-cron.php” but i always have the same error… Do
   you have more precisions about the configurations of permissions Buzzard01 ?
 * Could there be a problem with / and \ on Windows env ? I set this on the wp-config.
   php : define(‘HMBKP’, ‘c:\inetpub\wwwroot\wp-content\backups’); but i see this
   on the back-office c:/inetpub/wwwroot/wp-content/backups
 * Thanks,
 *  [anibalrojas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anibalrojas/)
 * (@anibalrojas)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-401-with-wp-cronphp/#post-2143694)
 * I am getting the same “BackUpWordPress has detected a problem. wp-cron.php is
   returning a 401 response which could mean cron jobs aren’t getting fired properly.
   BackUpWordPress relies on wp-cron to run back ups in a separate process.”
 * My blog is running in Linux and it worked until a few weeks ago. Could a plugin
   be the problem?
 *  Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/)
 * (@willmot)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-401-with-wp-cronphp/#post-2143697)
 * What do you see if you try to visit /wp-cron.php on your site?
 * Is your site behind a htpasswd login?
 * What domain are you having issues with?
 * If you don’t want to post this publicly you can email the details to [support@humanmade.co.uk](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-401-with-wp-cronphp/support@humanmade.co.uk?output_format=md).
 *  [anibalrojas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anibalrojas/)
 * (@anibalrojas)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-401-with-wp-cronphp/#post-2143699)
 * Thanks a lot Tom, you nailed it. Access to the setup is restricted by http authentication
   while it is under development.

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