That was it! Many thanks.
Paul On 25/11/2020 15:50, David While via BackupPC-users wrote: > > Scratch that... > > I remember now - > > The apache config file for BackupPC on my system looks like: > > AuthType Basic > AuthUserFile /etc/BackupPC/apache.users > AuthName "BackupPC" > > <IfModule mod_authz_core.c> > # Apache 2.4 > <RequireAll> > Require valid-user > <RequireAny> > Require local > </RequireAny> > </RequireAll> > </IfModule> > > You need to comment out the lines below by putting # in front. > > # <RequireAny> > # Require local > # </RequireAny> > > I am on Fedora but it sounds like the same problem. The default > configuration restricts access to the local machine only. > > David While BSc(Hons) MBCS CEng CITP > > On 25/11/2020 15:30, Paul Leyland wrote: >> >> I installed the apache2 and backuppc packages on a Ubuntu 20.04LTS >> system but can not use the CGI interface. No mater what I try, I >> invariably get a response: >> >> >> Forbidden >> >> You don't have permission to access this resource. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu) Server at ra.home.brnikat.com Port 80 >> >> >> The backuppc sofware seems to be running because >> >> backuppc@ra:/usr/share/backuppc/bin$ ./BackupPC_serverMesg status info >> >> generates plausible output. It looks as if Apache was not configured >> properly by the installation procedure. Reading the Backuppc >> documentation has not proved enlightening. >> >> I have created a /etc/backuppc/htpasswd which has passwords set both >> for my own username (pcl) and for backuppc. >> >> The /var/log/access.log file contains lines such as >> >> 192.168.1.104 - - [25/Nov/2020:15:23:54 +0000] "GET /backuppc >> HTTP/1.1" 403 501 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.9) >> Gecko/20100101 Goanna/4.4 Firefox/68.9 PaleMoon/28.8.4" >> >> with corresponding lines in error.log as >> >> [Wed Nov 25 15:23:54.077976 2020] [authz_core:error] [pid 27014] >> [client 192.168.1.104:35534] AH01630: client denied by server >> configuration: /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/ >> >> but I can not find anything wrong with the permissions of >> /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/ or its contents: >> >> root@ra:/var/log/apache2# ls -ld /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 25 15:02 /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/ >> root@ra:/var/log/apache2# ls -ls /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/ >> total 0 >> 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Nov 12 2019 image -> ../image >> 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Nov 12 2019 index.cgi -> >> ../../../lib/backuppc/cgi-bin/index.cgi >> root@ra:/var/log/apache2# ls -Lls /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/ >> total 20 >> 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 25 15:02 image >> 16 -rwsr-x--- 1 backuppc www-data 14488 Nov 12 2019 index.cgi >> >> Have others seen this behaviour? Does anyone know what might be >> wrong and would be willing to help me get things working? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki >> Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
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