Hmmmm, the debian install must be A LOT different because I have nothing in /usr/share for backuppc, not even a directory. I also have not found an index.cgi.
-----Original Message----- From: Stephen Joyce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 9:39 AM To: Curtis Taylor Cc: 'Snider, Tim'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems with CGI setup for backuppc on There's probably an easier way, but here: > aptitude install -d backuppc > cd /var > find . -name \*backuppc\* ./cache/apt/archives/backuppc_2.1.2-6_all.deb > mkdir /tmp/foo > dpkg -x ./cache/apt/archives/backuppc_2.1.2-6_all.deb /tmp/foo > cd /tmp/foo > find . -name \*dmin\* ./usr/share/backuppc/lib/BackupPC/CGI/AdminOptions.pm (so now we know that there's no "BackupPC_Admin" in the deb.) > find . -name \*cgi\* ./usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin ./usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/index.cgi (Aha! That looks promising.) > head -5 ./usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/index.cgi #!/usr/bin/perl #============================================================= -*-perl-*-w # # BackupPC_Admin: Apache/CGI interface for BackupPC. # So it looks like the debian package maintainer renamed BackupPC_Admin to index.cgi and it installs in /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/index.cgi. You should configure your apache to look for it there or you should move it to where your apache expects to find cgi-bins. Hope this helps. Cheers, Stephen -- Stephen Joyce Systems Administrator P A N I C Physics & Astronomy Department Physics & Astronomy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Network Infrastructure voice: (919) 962-7214 and Computing fax: (919) 962-0480 http://www.panic.unc.edu Some people make the world turn and others just watch it spin. -- Jimmy Buffet On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Curtis Taylor wrote: > I cannot answer your question regarding debian. I am not using debian am > using CentOS 5 and initially the BackupPC_Admin was installed in > /usr/local/BackupPC/cgi/ I think. But I cannot get the web interface to work > at all. I have apache 2 running, I have modified the httpd.conf file, > restarted httpd but now I just get an error saying I do not have rights to > access that file or directory. > > I guess I am just being lazy or I am too busy with other things. Was hoping > that someone else had this configured for Centos, had it up and running and > could provide any steps that had to be done. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Snider, > Tim > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 9:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems with CGI setup for backuppc on > > Ok - the document is in the source. > However BackupPC_Admin does not appear anywhere on my system. > backuppc version 2.1.2-6 was installed using apt-get. > > install: > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# find / -name "backup*.deb" > /var/cache/apt/archives/backuppc_2.1.2-6_all.deb > > Evidence and attempts to find the file on Debian have been > unsuccessfull. > > 1.Use find command: > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# find / -name "BackupPC_Admin" > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# > 2. Look for content in any file: > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# find / -name > "BackupPC*"|xargs grep "web interface" > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# find / -name > "BackupPC*"|xargs grep -l "Apache" > grep: /var/lib/backuppc/log/BackupPC.sock: No such device or > address > /usr/share/doc/backuppc/BackupPC.html > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# find / -name "backup*"|xargs > grep -l "Apache" > /var/lib/dpkg/info/backuppc.templates > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# find / -name > "BackupPC*"|xargs grep -l "CGI" > grep: /var/lib/backuppc/log/BackupPC.sock: No such device or > address > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC > /usr/share/doc/backuppc/BackupPC.html > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# find / -name > "backuppc*"|xargs grep -l "CGI" > /var/lib/dpkg/info/backuppc.md5sums > /var/lib/dpkg/info/backuppc.list > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# > 3. /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC is not the CGI file: > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# head > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC > #!/usr/bin/perl > #============================================================= > -*-perl-*- > # > # BackupPC: Main program for PC backups. > # > # DESCRIPTION > # > # BackupPC reads the configuration and status information from > # $TopDir/conf. It then runs and manages all the backup > activity. > # > tsDeb:/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin# > > apt-get used the mirror: deb > http://debian.mirror.frontiernet.net/debian/ etch main. > > Should I try another mirror? > Is backuppc broken for Debian Etch? > Should this be posted to the Debian lists? > Thx, > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Curtis Taylor > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 6:20 AM > To: 'Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom'; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems with CGI setup for backuppc on > > The documents were included in the archive that I pulled done. When I > extracted the files, in /usr/src/Backup-3.0.0/doc is BackupPC.html. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl > Wilhelm Soderstrom > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems with CGI setup for backuppc on > > On 09/20 03:13 , Snider, Tim wrote: >> [TS >>] Since that file is missing trying to access using a > brower >> also fails with "page not found" > > It should be noted that I don't have a file called BackupPC_Admin on the > example system I looked at, either. So there's likely a problem with the > documentation. > > I've never needed to know of the existence of such a file; so that's why > I was trying to suggest that the documentation you're looking at may not > be appropriate for what you're trying to do. Where did you find the > document you're consulting? > > My apologies for not being very clear in my response. > > -- > Carl Soderstrom > Systems Administrator > Real-Time Enterprises > www.real-time.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. 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