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The backup and migrate module is truly sweet. We all know that it is a *really* good idea to back up data. But if you are like me - you forgot to do it or just don't do it for some lame reason. So backups should be automated. The backup and migrate module does exactly that - it can be configured to run every X hours if you have cron (and you should have) running on your site.
The module makes a dump of the database and puts it in a folder in the files folder of the site. Even if you use the public download method, the security is OK - a .htacces file put in the folder by the backup and migrate module and dissalows access to the folder's content. Read more »

If one goes to somedrupalsite.com/CHANGELOG.txt - it is normally possible to read the file and see what version of Drupal the site is running. If you don't want everybody to see what version you are running, it is a good idea to cloak the *.txt files in the Drupal install.

Using rewrite rules in .htaccess, the *.txt files in Drupal can be hidden. I use a 403 - forbidden on these files. That is what the [F] means See the Apache documentation on RewriteRule for more options.

# No need for the common visitor to read these files.
# They can just go download their own Drupal. It's
# free and everything.
RewriteRule ^(.*)CHANGELOG\.txt$ - [F]
RewriteRule ^(.*)INSTALL\.mysql\.txt$ - [F] Read more »