Title: [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Error on Backup WordPress
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Error on Backup WordPress

 *  [krecicki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krecicki/)
 * (@krecicki)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-on-backup-wordpress/)
 * Backup WordPress – Version 1.5.1
 * On Manage Backups – I have an error showing.
 * Details of error:
 * Your site is
    Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘UnexpectedValueException’ with
   message ‘RecursiveDirectoryIterator::__construct(/hermes/web09/b1684/pow.aroraadmin/
   htdocs/.trellix) [[recursivedirectoryiterator.–construct](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-on-backup-wordpress/recursivedirectoryiterator.--construct?output_format=md)]:
   failed to open dir: Permission denied’ in /hermes/web09/b1684/pow.aroraadmin/
   htdocs/wp-content/plugins/backupwordpress/functions/core.functions.php:323 Stack
   trace: #0 [internal function]: RecursiveDirectoryIterator->__construct(‘/hermes/
   web09/b…’) #1 /hermes/web09/b1684/pow.aroraadmin/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/backupwordpress/
   functions/core.functions.php(323): RecursiveDirectoryIterator->getChildren() #
   2 /hermes/web09/b1684/pow.aroraadmin/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/backupwordpress/
   admin.actions.php(197): hmbkp_calculate() #3 [internal function]: hmbkp_ajax_calculate_backup_size(”)#
   4 /hermes/web09/b1684/pow.aroraadmin/htdocs/wp-includes/plugin.php(405): call_user_func_array(‘
   hmbkp_ajax_calc…’, Array) #5 /hermes/web09/b1684/pow.aroraadmin/htdocs/wp-admin/
   admin-aj in /hermes/web09/b1684/pow.aroraadmin/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/backupwordpress/
   functions/core.functions.php on line 323
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/)
 * (@willmot)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-on-backup-wordpress/#post-2460534)
 * Hi krecicki,
 * Thanks for reporting this, I’ve found the root cause of the issue and will release
   a fix shortly as 1.5.2

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 * Last reply from: [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-error-on-backup-wordpress/#post-2460534)
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