eGroupware - directories outside of docroot

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I have a client who is installing eGroupware, and he says the app requires the following: (1) a file directory (for sharing files) that is outside the webservers docroot (2) a backup directory (for SQL) also
outside the docroot.

Am I correct in assuming that (1) is simply the "files" directory that is at the same level as public_html etc?

(2) is completely beyond me. I assumed that all MySQL db's were outside the docroot to begin with. Trouble is, I've never really gone beyond cPanel's MySQL Maintenance page as far as the db/MySQL end of things goes, so I'm not even really clear what is being asked here.

If anyone is familiar with eGroupware (or has used apps with similar requirements), I'd love to have a little more light shed so I can get this guy up and running.

Thanks!

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Hmm. I guess that "files" directory was created from his eGroupware installation. I'm reading thru eGroupware's manual, but yikes! it's 104 pages of geek-speak!

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Here's me, still talking to myself. It appears that his eGroupware installation created both "files" and "backup" directories outside the docroot (i.e. parallel to public_html etc). Which tells me that what he needs exists already.

I'm guessing that the next question may be how to determine the path for those directories, and I'm not sure how to answer that one yet....

[james]

The path would be:
/home/hisusername/files/
and
/home/hisusername/backup/

The public_html will be:
/home/hisusername/public_html/