Troubleshooting

A recent update to backup_migrate module utilizes an .htaccess file to protect the server backups directory from access. Unfortunately, this functionality doesn't work in IIS and I found that when I tried to make a backup I got the following error:

• Security notice: Backup and Migrate will not save backup files to the server because the destination directory is publicly accessible. If you want to save files to the server, please secure the 'sites/default/files/backup_migrate/manual' directory
• Could not run backup because the file could not be saved to the destination.

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