WARNING: File “/xmlrpc.php” is not readable – any ideas what to do here?

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I have a WordPress installation and I use a plugin called Backup WordPress, which – backs up WordPress!

So – the other day I received an error that said:

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WARNING: File “path-to/xmlrpc.php” is not readable

any ideas what this is and how to fix it? I guess I can go into the relevant directory and FTP and change the file permissions – but is that wise for this file?

thanks

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  1. xmlrpc.php needs to be readable by the web server processes. Ensure that it has appropriate file ownership and permissions. For a debian-based server, a command like sudo chown www-data:www-data xmlrpc && sudo chmod 644 xmlrpc.php will probably resolve this.