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#43101 /administrator/components/com_akeebabackup/backup needs to be both readable and writeable to PHP for this backup software to function correctly.

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Environment Information

Joomla! version
5.4.6
PHP version
8.5
Akeeba Backup version
10.3.6

Latest post by blades on Wednesday, 01 July 2026 09:38 CDT

Monday, 29 June 2026 22:47 CDT

blades
In automatic backup
/usr/bin/php /var/www/html/katharismos/cli/joomla.php akeeba:backup:take

The system responds
Taking a backup with Akeeba Backup
==================================

Starting backup using profile #1.
---------------------------------


In FactoryStorage.php line 58:

Backup output directory /var/www/html/katharismos/administrator/components/com_akeebabackup/backup needs to be both readable and
writeable to PHP for this backup software to function correctly.


akeeba:backup:take [--profile[PROFILE]] [--description[DESCRIPTION]] [--comment[COMMENT]] [--overrides[OVERRIDES]] [-h|--help] [-q|--quiet] [-v|vv|vvv|--verbose] [-V|--version] [--ansi] [--no-ansi] [-n|--no-interaction] [--live-site[LIVE-SITE]] [--]


Manual backup from admin panel works just fine.

Edited by blades on 2026-06-29 22:57 CDT

Tuesday, 30 June 2026 00:20 CDT

nicholas

Show this ticket to your host. They will know how to fix the permissions.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Tuesday, 30 June 2026 00:48 CDT

blades
Iam the host. Permissions are all fine. I have 4 more websites on the same server. All permissions and ownerships are identical, only one is giving glitch

Tuesday, 30 June 2026 02:39 CDT

nicholas

Akeeba Backup reports what PHP tells it which in turn reports what the Operating System tells it. Therefore, the problem is on the Operating System side, not PHP, not Akeeba Backup. Ergo, it's a hosting issue. Since you're your own host, you know what you have to do. Right?

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Wednesday, 01 July 2026 09:38 CDT

blades
I managed to fix it, I changed the owner of the dir instead of www_data I used my username

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