No, there's something wrong with your path to the backup directory.

what i thought of as really strange is that the path i specify comes back twice within the ( and ), first time after (/tmp:/ and then after :/user/lib/php:/

anyways, i am going to try again (never had this sort of problems with paths before, and i used impex etc)

1. The directory has 777 of permissions, thats why the Y-m-d directory is created.
2. The path used is the same used with vBadvanced CMPS (phpinfo), thats why the Y-m-d directory is created too.

Or?

OK well now I am 100% sure I have filled in the directory correctly.

why? it still doesn't work but if i manually add the dir that would be generated for todays backup, it gets deleted after the error messages. same for the sql file for the access table, in that directory.

there's an error somewhere else. either in the script or in the webhost's configuration.
our server runs PHP Version 5.1.6 with MySQL 4.1.14

Not exactly, openbasdir is a system in php that restricts what files it can write to, you can only write to files within the paths listed in the error. You really need to speak to your host, or use a path within those allowed.

i think the 'allowed' path gets screwed up because i see virtually the same path thice, separated by a colon.

will have to talk about this with the host (or uninstall until we found a better one ;-) )

anyways, thanks for your time and i WILL reinstall this when i can get it working!!

Database Backup

An error occured during the MySQL backup. Details (Could not open Destination SQL file for writing.)

(when I selected run now)

Either

1. the path to your backup directory is incorrect; or

2. you forgot to write-enable the backup directory (7-7-7)

Fantastic product, thanks for developing it and sharing.

Seems to work just great for me! Many thanks!

Have two questions about the config file:
What does the options below mean and what effects has the value 1 on these settings?