Title: [Plugin: Backup] Authorization failed!
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Backup] Authorization failed!

 *  [toonwolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toonwolf/)
 * (@toonwolf)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-authorization-failed/)
 * Running version 2.0 of the backup plugin. I get an error message on the settings
   page: Authorization failed! SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert 
   is OK. Details: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate
   verify failed
 * Running WP 3.4 in a development environment W2K3, XAMPP 1.7.7, PHP Version 5.3.8
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backup/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backup/)

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 *  [iclanzan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helio-1/)
 * (@helio-1)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-authorization-failed/#post-2819524)
 * Looks to me like you’re missing the CA cert bundle. Giving this a read might 
   help:
    [http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html](http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html)
 *  [elarno01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elarno01/)
 * (@elarno01)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-authorization-failed/#post-2819573)
 * the link above is over my head & I am getting a similar error, any suggestion
   on ligher reading? 🙂
    Here’s what I’m Getting: error setting certificate verify
   locations: CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CApath: none
 * Thanks
 *  [iclanzan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helio-1/)
 * (@helio-1)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-authorization-failed/#post-2819637)
 * I don’t know where else to direct you, I’m not very familiar with the problem,
   it’s not a problem with the Backup plugin.
 * I could add an option in the plugin to bypass SSL certificate verification, which
   would make it work for you guys but that’s a really bad idea.
 * Maybe someone from these forums with more authority on the matter can shed some
   more light on the issue.
 *  [ZaPPZion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zappzion/)
 * (@zappzion)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-authorization-failed/#post-2819893)
 * I’m running into the exact same problem. I didn’t have the problem using an older
   version of Backup, so I’m going to revert back unfortunately. I don’t know what
   it is, but I think some expert is going to have to look into it. Is there any
   chance there’s a problem with Windows hosting? I’m on Windows hosting, so might
   have to do something with it?
 *  [palealez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palealez/)
 * (@palealez)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-authorization-failed/#post-2819960)
 * I believe i found a solution to the problem as it now works for me on a win2008r2
   box.
 * 1. download the pem file from [http://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html](http://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html)
   and rename it to curl-ca-bundle.crt
    2. copy it to the c:/windows directory 3.
   add the following line of code to class-http.php in your wwwroot/wp-includes 
   directory, where the other group of curl_setopt calls are made. around line 1080
   on my version of the file. **curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_CAINFO, ‘c:/windows/
   curl-ca-bundle.crt’);**
 * you should be right to go.
 *  [iclanzan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helio-1/)
 * (@helio-1)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-authorization-failed/#post-2819961)
 * That seems to be a working solution but I don’t recommend modifying WordPress
   core files.
 * There should be a folder where you can put the bundle file without the need to
   add the curl option in PHP, a folder where curl expects that file to be in.
 * If you have PHP >= 5.3.7 you can add this line in your php.ini file in the `[
   PHP]` section:
    `curl.cainfo = c:\path\to\curl-ca-bundle.crt`
 *  [CraigFaraday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigfaraday/)
 * (@craigfaraday)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-authorization-failed/#post-2819967)
 * Sorry hel.in I cant seem to find another way to contact just wanting to find 
   out what happened with the wordpress (backup) plugin ?

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