Title: Database backup not working :(
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Database backup not working :(

 *  Resolved [marginwalker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marginwalker/)
 * (@marginwalker)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-not-working/)
 * Hello,
 * Ive been trying to backup my DB for wordpress 2.0 upgrading but whenever I try
   to use the built in backup it doesnt work as the error tells me that the wp-backup-
   db folder is not writable.
 * What should be the chmod for this?
 * I also get this error too:
 * Warning: filesize(): Stat failed for /home/httpd/vhosts/marginalwalker.co.uk/
   httpdocs/wp-backup-db//1135878548_-_blog.sql (errno=13 – Permission denied) in/
   home/httpd/vhosts/marginalwalker.co.uk/httpdocs/wp-admin/database-manager.php
   on line 88
 * Warning: unlink(/home/httpd/vhosts/marginalwalker.co.uk/httpdocs/wp-backup-db//
   1135878548_-_blog.sql): Permission denied in /home/httpd/vhosts/marginalwalker.
   co.uk/httpdocs/wp-admin/database-manager.php on line 89

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-not-working/#post-304830)
 * [edited]
 * Try chmod 777 on folder `wp-backup-db`
 *  Thread Starter [marginwalker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marginwalker/)
 * (@marginwalker)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-not-working/#post-304841)
 * Thank you 😉

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 * Last reply from: [marginwalker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marginwalker/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-not-working/#post-304841)
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