[Plugin: XCloner – Backup and Restore] Broken

I had already sent them the code in my first request. They answered me once again that I should choose a VPS solution. So I’ve said:

But the script doesn’t require exec to be enabled. Developer says your server’s config makes the script stop when ONLY testing “if exist”, while if it is diabled it should just continue the script without using exec.

One more time, as posted above, the developer said me:
“It can work without it also, just that the code should not break when it asks for that function existence, so I think your hosting support still need to fix this! (…) the script should finish execution under normal conditions with or without exec function enabled!”

That’s why this problem seems to be not related to enable or not the exec function.

Support answer:

Hi,

It can be another function which is disabled, this functions are disabled at this moment:

system, shell_exec, exec, passthru, php_uname, popen, posix_kill, posix_mkfifo, posix_setpgid, posix_setsid, posix_setuid,posix_setgid, posix_uname, proc_close, proc_nice, proc_open, proc_terminate

They don’t seem to be very responsive, you might be better off removing that piece of code.

Cheers, Ovidiu

They don’t seem to be very responsive

No but I can understand their concern about security. I’ve tried several hosting providers before this one and I’ve never had any security problem with their restrictive configuration. Restrictive but no XSS, no SQL or file injection and such attacks. I’m tired of chinese hackbots. That’s why I appreciate this company’s security strategy for shared hosting. I just didn’t know that the price to pay for this was so much deactivated functions.

Anyway I had already planned to get a VPS for myself, I will just get it sooner than expected. ??

when I try to move the distant backup on my localhost (MAC with mamp server) localhost:8888/mysite.com/xcloner.php I get : Restricted access

the 3 files are at the right place
mysite_2012_01_11.tar
TAR.php
xcloner.php

Akeeba backup for joomla is working so easily and so fine , I don’t know what to do with wordpress

any help ?

thank you

Try and access the restore script from this link localhost:8888/mysite.com/XCloner.php , notice the upper case letters….

If you still have issues, try and reset the permissions on that restore folder to defaults, are you able to run any other php script inside the mysite.com folder?

Ovidiu

with or without upper case I get Restricted access (but the file name is lowercase )

I have not to reset any permission because any php scrip are working fine in my localhost:8888/ on any local website ( > 50 websites)

thank you

I am afraid the issue you have there is not from XCloner, the server seems to stop the script from running for some reason.

Regarding php scripts, I was referring to php scripts inside your restore directory, for instance create a small test.php and add any code to it, then try to run it from the same directory where XCloner.php is to see if you get the same error?

any php file in that website folder are working fine of course

but I cannot imagine how your xcloner can find a components/com_xcloner/index.php when the folder is empty

<iframe src=’components/com_xcloner/index.php’ width=’100%’ height=’900′ frameborder=0 marginWidth=0 frameSpacing=0 marginHeight=110 ></iframe>

I understand it is another XCloner.php , but why did you call 2 files withe same name ?
XCloner.php and xcloner.php

anyway when I fill the form with DB name and press start install I get Internal Server Error

if I install a Joomla website in that folder with Akeeba backup it works