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I'm looking at Ken's DB backup since I often forget to backup as much as I'd like to.

A few questions though, how do I make sure that no one gets their hand on the backup, also, how safe is this to really use?
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It is best to place it in a directory that is not web accessable, however, if you do, you could add a htaccess to deny all access to the folder.
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As everyone else said, place it outside the root on your server if you can.
I have ours set for once a day, I think that's enough for a forum this size.
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You can easily create a cron job, that takes a backup of your DB and places it outside the web root, and even rsync it to another machine for offsite backups if you wish
I'd love to know how to do this. Anyone have any instructions on setting this up?
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Process of making sure backups work for your forum
is more info with a link to the hack we use by Ken. It has details on settings up a cron job.
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Is any one using online backup solutions to backup their websites/forums on a daily/weekly basis to another data center?

The reason I am asking this is because it is a pain to download directory backups on my 256kbps connection and I am sure in the future downloading db backups on a daily basis could become a problem as well.
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my host does auto backups to a remote machine daily...
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BQinternet is the best I've ever used.

Remote Backup using Rsync or FTP
Does it also take backups of databases? If yes then does one has to install a cron job or a script or does one need root access? Asking this because I am on a reseller account with no root access.

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i know my host rather personally thank you ;)
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