I'm a newbie, so not sure if I should create a new bug, since this is the same issue as found in the 5.x version of the issue here: http://drupal.org/node/193862

In any event, I'm getting the message:

"Unable to create or write to the save directory 'sites/default/files/backup_migrate'. Please check the file permissions on your files directory."

Yet this is not where backup_migrate is located in my directory. I put it in sites/all/modules/ along with other contributed modules. I think that may be the root of the issue but not sure. Any thoughts?

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ronan commented

Backup and migrate saves backup files to your sites files directory (not the modules directory where the code is). The webserver should therefore have write access to your files directory (in your case 'sites/default/files', but this can be changed in your file settings). Making that directory writable is necessary for all file uploads in Drupal. If you're sure your files directory is writable but you're still getting this error check your apache and drupal logs for any errors that might give me a hint as to what's going on.

Thanks
Ronan

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ronan commented
Status: Active » Fixed

I'm going to mark this closed unless you're still having issues, in which case open it back up and we'll see if we can figure out what's going on on your server.

Thanks
R

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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mecvo1984 commented

I was getting the same error message on IIS 6 implementation of Drupal. When NTLM authentication is turned off it's fine. But we use SSO for Intranet users.

I tried changing the directories in IIS and Windows to read/write but the warning persisted. Finally after changing read/write directory and IIS permissions, AND unchecking the Read attribute in Properties it worked. Didn't have this problem with our WAMP installation, only on IIS. Hope this helps someone.