Title: [Plugin: Updraft] htaccess / security question
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Updraft] htaccess / security question

 *  [Samara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spadilla/)
 * (@spadilla)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updraft-htaccess-security-question/)
 * Hello, the plugin seems to be working great, except there is an error in the 
   admin area that says:
 * > Backup directory specified is accessible via the web. This is a potential security
   > problem. Enable .htaccess support to allow Updraft to automatically deny web
   > access.
 * I looked in the directory and there is a .htaccess file in there. I’m not really
   sure what this error is all about…

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 *  Plugin Author [reaperhulk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reaperhulk/)
 * (@reaperhulk)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updraft-htaccess-security-question/#post-1613285)
 * htaccess directives are likely disabled in your apache vhost. This means that
   the .htaccess Updraft wrote won’t work. If you’re deleting local backups after
   you backup the security implications of this are pretty low.
 *  [rene-michaels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rene-michaels/)
 * (@rene-michaels)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updraft-htaccess-security-question/#post-1613522)
 * Nice plugin!
 * Question, I installed Updraft on two separate WordPress sites. On one, when I
   try to “Backup Now”, the page reloads and I don’t get any error messages but 
   no backup is created. I set it up to backup to S3 but there is nothing in my 
   bucket? I also have it set to “delete local backup”
 * On the other install, I set it up the same way but there when I click on “Backup
   Now” I get:
 * Array ( [0] => Array ( [error] => Backup directory is not writable. [severity]
   => fatal ) [1] => Array ( [error] => Could not create themes zip. Error was [
   severity] => fatal ) [2] => Array ( [error] => Could not create plugins zip. 
   Error was [severity] => fatal ) [3] => Array ( [error] => Could not create uploads
   zip. Error was [severity] => fatal ) )
 * It does show that 1 backup is available but the error message concerns me. The
   write permissions are set to 755 on both site’s “Updraft” directories.
 *  [rene-michaels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rene-michaels/)
 * (@rene-michaels)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updraft-htaccess-security-question/#post-1613523)
 * See above post …just tried it again and got the same error message on both sites.
 *  [divyabh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divyabh/)
 * (@divyabh)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updraft-htaccess-security-question/#post-1613578)
 * Hi Reaperhulk,
 * Have installed updraft. Most things are working fine, except that the db file
   isn’t getting backedup on rackspace. The backup of the db file only happens in
   the local server directory.
 * The other three files – themes, plugins and uploads are getting backed up on 
   both rackspace and locally on the server.
 * Any suggestions would be helpful.
 * Divyabh

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 * Last reply from: [divyabh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divyabh/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updraft-htaccess-security-question/#post-1613578)
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