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Gazoo:
I had this problem and this is how I solved it.  Maybe it can help others.  I received this warning after upgrading to version 2.50 today (I did not have this warning before):

"Your backup folder MIGHT be visible to the public

To correct this issue, move the .htaccess file from wp-content/plugins/wp-dbmanager to /home/username/commondork.com/wp-content/backup-db"

I didn't have an .htaccess file in /wp-content/plugins/wp-dbmanager.  So I created one in the backup-db directory using the information from this post http://forums.lesterchan.net/index.php/topic,1489.0.html.

The easiest way to do this is to copy the code provided by the link above into a file named htaccess.txt then transfer that file to your backup-db directory.  Once it has been uploaded simply change the name of the file from htaccess.txt to just .htaccess.  Browse to your backup-db directory and you should see a 404 error now instead of a directory indexing.

I hope this helps anyone having a similar issue.

Thanks!

aerynlynne:
Awesome! Thanks for the heads up.  :D

GaMerZ:
Thanks for the heads up, for some reasons WordPress remove my htaccess file. I have rename it to .txt and in the readme.html I will ask user to rename the file.

tipunch:
Just to say that even after having placed the htaccess file in the backup-db directory and renamed it as per instructions, the red warning box and text still displays at the top of the extensions admin page. Just a cosmetic inconvenience because the directory IS unreadable. 

GaMerZ:
If you want to remove the message,

Find and Delete:
--- Code: ---add_action('admin_notices', 'dbmanager_admin_notices');
--- End code ---
in wp-dbmanager.php

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