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#36398 Cron fout 403 when Admin Tools -> Block acces from specific agents: YES

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Latest post by MarcOnwies on Monday, 10 January 2022 03:36 CST

MarcOnwies
.htaccess maker and cron backup question:
If I in .htaccess maker: 'Block access from specific user agents' set to YES, I get a 403 error when I want to make a Cron Backup.

When i set 'Block access from specific user agents' set to No, then the Cron Backup will be created.

Is there any workaround so that I can leave 'Block access from specic user agents' to Yes and still make a cron backup?

Greetings Marc

 marc

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

Well, of course. The default list of user agents to block includes WGet and cURL. You are using one of the two depending on exactly how you are running your backup. Remove these two user agents, save & create .htaccess and it will work again as expected.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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MarcOnwies
Dear Nicholas,
I'm using WGet.
I have now removed this from the list. 
Now the Cron Backup is working again.
Thank you very much for your help.
Greetings Marc

 marc

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