Unable to make a backup of the database

shaun 2021-01-26 03:58:30 UTC #1

Keywords: WordPress Multisite - AWS - Technical issue - Other
bnsupport ID: e5c0e9ee-8c0b-28ce-1d83-dbb8ac8a883b
Description:
Please can you help?

Every time I try run-on of the commands below to make a backup of the database:

mysqldump -u root -p bitnami_wordpress > backup.sql

I get this error

-bash: backup.sql: Permission denied

Even if I add sudo first same error.

All I need to do is make a database backup, I used this doc https://docs.bitnami.com/installer/apps/wordpress-multisite/administration/backup-restore-mysql-mariadb/. but still after running the command I get that error line afterwards everytime.

Please help

shaun 2021-01-26 04:09:21 UTC #2

The command I miswrote above

mysqldump -u root -p bitnami_wordpress > backup.sql

the username in my wp-config file is bn_wordpress and the password is there too.

I commands I have tried are

mysqldump -u bn_wordpress -p > backup.sql
mysqldump -u root -p > backup.sql
mysqldump -u bitnami -p > backup.sql

I have tried this to make an application database backup
mysqldump -u root -p bitnami_wordpress > backup.sql

it just hangs

Please help

shaun 2021-01-26 04:10:44 UTC #3

it goes to a new line after I enter the application password and does nothing?

michiel 2021-01-26 10:51:23 UTC #4

Hi @shaun,

Can you try this:

sudo mysqldump -u root -p bitnami_wordpress > backup.sql

system 2021-02-09 10:51:24 UTC #5

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