Title: WARNUNG: Could not open path: DirectoryIterator::__construct(/tmp/backwpup-
Last modified: October 1, 2021

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# WARNUNG: Could not open path: DirectoryIterator::__construct(/tmp/backwpup-

 *  Resolved [Florian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pictibe/)
 * (@pictibe)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnung-could-not-open-path-directoryiterator__construct-tmp-backwpup/)
 * Hi,
 * on one installation we get this error: WARNUNG: Could not open path: DirectoryIterator::
   __construct(/tmp/backwpup-
 * but no /tmp/ folder in root?
 * I dont understand this issue.
 * Florian

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 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnung-could-not-open-path-directoryiterator__construct-tmp-backwpup/#post-14929310)
 * Hello [@pictibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pictibe/)
    please make sure
   the /tmp folder is writeable, if you don’t know about the server file permission,
   I would suggest you better contact the hoster and ask them to resolve the issue
   since this issue is a server issue! I hope that help ^^
 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnung-could-not-open-path-directoryiterator__construct-tmp-backwpup/#post-14936635)
 * since we haven’t heard back from you, I’m going to mark it as resolved.
    In case
   you’re still having problems, feel free to let us know 😉

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 * Last reply from: [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnung-could-not-open-path-directoryiterator__construct-tmp-backwpup/#post-14936635)
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