Exclusion paths

hey, just wanted to give this a bump. I still can’t figure out how to exclude paths with this plugin. Backupbuddy runs every day and this is the bulk of the notices it generates. Any help would really be appreciated.

Try the following rules:

/home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/mywebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups*

/home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/mywebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_temp*

/home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/mywebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/pb_backupbuddy*

/home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/mywebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy*

Do I remove “/home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/mywebsite.com” from the File Check Root field? I would imagine if the plugin hits that first and then hits the threads I put in it would be confused.

Leave the file check root as it was.

and try the rules as I suggested…

No dice, just got a notification with nothing but files in the above paths listed.

Was the notification saying files were removed?

If you add a directory to ignore then the next scan will say the files where removed, however the scan after that will be clear from any changes or additions to those areas.

Nah, I have notifications in the added, changed, and removed section. I expect notifications when I update plugins (which is constant) but the BB directories, like the error logs, change daily. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

I’m second for this question. I tried different options, with and without slash, with or witout full server path… But I still get all reports.

Just noticed this and I’m not sure if it will help but I’d rather error on the side of safety. When I try and change the default ‘File Check Root’ from what is there it keeps reverting it back to the default. I would think it wouldn’t do that since the plugin is allowing you to change it and gives you the default (I suspect in case your change isn’t working out).

File Check Root is changeable option. The only reason why it would revert back to the default setting is if what you entered failed validation.

$sanitized_site_root = realpath( $input['site_root'] );
if( is_dir( $sanitized_site_root ) && is_readable( $sanitized_site_root ) )
    $valid['site_root'] = $sanitized_site_root;
else
    // Failed revert back to default

I guess I’m trying paths that are not acceptable. I tried the root path of https://www.mysite.com/ I guess it wants paths on the server. I’m just trying whatever I can to make the exclusion paths work. For the life of me I can’t see what’s wrong on my end. Still getting emails with nothing but BackupBuddy results.

Please tell me what you currently have in File Check Root and I can recommend exactly what your exclude settings should be.

You are such a good sport. Thanks. I have:

/home/[myaccount]/public_html/[mydomain]

no matter what I do to alter this it reverts back.

/home/[myaccount]/public_html/[mydomain]

Ok to be clear the above file check root will check for files only on the website it is running. If the website at that path is sandboxed and can only read and write it’s own files you wont be able to change the file check root further up the tree.

You could try this path: /home/[myaccount]/public_html but if this reverts back to default then your website only has access to read to it’s self.

As for ignoring dirs try the following:

/home/[myaccount]/public_html/[mydomain]/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups*
/home/[myaccount]/public_html/[mydomain]/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_temp*
/home/[myaccount]/public_html/[mydomain]/wp-content/uploads/pb_backupbuddy*
/home/[myaccount]/public_html/[mydomain]/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy*

Make sure each entry is on their own line.

If the above doesn’t work try:

/home/[myaccount]/public_html/[mydomain]/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups/*
/home/[myaccount]/public_html/[mydomain]/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_temp/*
/home/[myaccount]/public_html/[mydomain]/wp-content/uploads/pb_backupbuddy/*
/home/[myaccount]/public_html/[mydomain]/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy/*

If this still doesn’t work then something with your webhost config is a-miss. Possibly a function not available or not enabled.

No dice. I’ve tried every variation of it. What could possibly need to be enabled on my hosts end? I use HostGator and they are really solid IMO. I really would like to use this plugin to monitor non-backup/plugin directories. Am I the only one that has run into this problem?