Title: BackupBuddy and Exec Function
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# BackupBuddy and Exec Function

 *  [digistep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digistep/)
 * (@digistep)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupbuddy-and-exec-function/)
 * Reading from the php.ini…….
 * disable_functions = system, exec, passthru, shell_exec, show_source, popen, pclose,
   pcntl_exec
 * From the above, does BackupBuddy only need exec removed from the list??
 * I wish I did not have to do this but I think for BackupBuddy to work I think 
   I have to do it.
 * Am I making my site vulnerable by doing this? It seems that exec is a open door.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupbuddy-and-exec-function/)
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