Re: [BackupPC-users] CGI status error

[Craig B. <cr...@ar...>]

> The problem is that the host summary page from the CGI script says, 'This PC
> has never been backed up!!' and there is no summary status. There is a
> status line that says 'Last status is state "idle" (backup done) as of 12/30
> 14:11'. Any ideas?

It looks like a permissions problem.  The CGI script, BackupPC_Admin,
needs to be able to read the backups file for each PC, stored in
$DataDir/pc/$host/backups.  First off, please check that this
file exists, and has sensible contents (one line per backup, lots
of numbers separated by tabs).  Second, check that the BackupPC_Admin
is setuid to the backup user, eg:

    -rwsr-xr--    1 backuppc apache      45543 Dec  9 17:10 BackupPC_Admin
       ^--- setuid bit

This is the most likely problem: either the setuid bit isn't set,
the owner of the file isn't backuppc (or your equivalent), or
for some reason on your system setuid doesn't work with apache.

Thirdly, look carefully at the directory ownership and permissions
on $DataDir/pc, $DataDir/pc/$host and $DataDir/pc/$host/backups.

Regards,
Craig