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Errors during WHM backup - problem with permissions

Posted by susanBuck, 04-06-2009, 10:58 PM
Getting this error in our log report for WHM backups. Copying homedir..../bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/SQL: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/config: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/logs: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/program: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/skins: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/temp: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/_old.php.jpgg: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/._CHANGELOG: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/.htaccess: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/CHANGELOG: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/INSTALL: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/LICENSE: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/README: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/UPGRADING: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: ./public_html/webmail/index.php: Cannot stat: Permission denied /bin/gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors The permissions for webmail looks like this: drw-rw-rw- 8 mainuser mainuser 4096 Apr 15 2008 webmail What should it be?
Posted by tuxadmin, 04-07-2009, 03:26 AM
normally under public_html all directories should be 755 and files 644 so run this while inside public_html: find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} ';' find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ';'