Backup MySQL Database

[torvista]

only using phpMyAdmin these days for b'ups.

Not always to be trusted either...without checking.
https://community.apachefriends.org/...c.php?p=247543

I always use (locally) the latest version of phpmyadmin and for the last two versions it would not restore its own backup. The current version is fixed.

[HeleneWallis]

I backup with phpMyAdmin also, and download it to the server in the office.

But I have a different problem now. I wanted to do a restore, and as soon as I clicked on the file that I wanted to restore, I was taken back to the login screen, and nothing would let me back in except restarting the program. Neither my regular login nor the master login would work. I've tried it multiple times, and it doesn't appear to be possible to do a restore through this plugin. I can do it with phpMyAdmin, but not everyone coming after me is going to be able to figure that out. I need to have all the utilities available to someone who isn't able to do more than follow directions. Pretty disappointed.

[DrByte]

I backup with phpMyAdmin also, and download it to the server in the office.

But I have a different problem now. I wanted to do a restore, and as soon as I clicked on the file that I wanted to restore, I was taken back to the login screen, and nothing would let me back in except restarting the program. Neither my regular login nor the master login would work. I've tried it multiple times, and it doesn't appear to be possible to do a restore through this plugin. I can do it with phpMyAdmin, but not everyone coming after me is going to be able to figure that out. I need to have all the utilities available to someone who isn't able to do more than follow directions. Pretty disappointed.

That's odd. I used it for a restore last week, without those symptoms.
Does it do the same redirect when you do a backup? Or only when you attempt a restore?
Any errors logged in the /logs/ folder?

[HeleneWallis]

Backing up appears to work fine. But if I click on any of those backups, or if I click on restore, the program goes back to the login screen, and the login doesn't work. No errors were generated.

[DrByte]

Backing up appears to work fine. But if I click on any of those backups, or if I click on restore, the program goes back to the login screen, and the login doesn't work. No errors were generated.

Sounds like maybe the backup filenames (which are named after your db name) might be triggering some anti-hijack rules that your hosting company has configured in "mod_security" on your server, and thus the URLs are being rejected, and then the mangled URL means ZC can't interpret the request, so it takes you to the home page.