[BackupPC-users] Re: Error: Unable to connect to BackupPC server

[Doug L. <su...@dr...>]

>> already noted in reply to Doug's mail, I've spoted several screenshots of 
>> what BackupPC interface looks like on the BackupPC homepage. one of them 
>> shows browsing of backed up files and another shows restoration procedure. 
>> I was never able to access/see those screens. how can I access them? could 

These screen only appear after a successful backup.  And, you have to click on the PC Summary and then the host
you'd like to view.  If the host has never backed up, it will be listed as such.


>> it be that there is something wrong with one of the installed perl modules? 
>> what could prevent viewing of that functionality?

This is also possible.  I've gotten used to installing ALL developement libs as a matter of course.  Also, after installing
I made sure to go into the 'Install Programs' section and did a search for anything that had perl, zlib or zip and installed
it.

>> when I run /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg status, this is what 
>> I get:
>> Got reply: ok
 
>> so, I suppose this is OK.
 
Yes, this means that it's running.


>> Doug also helped me solve the "Only privileged users can view log or config 
>> files" error --- it was apache authentication related error. however, if I 
>> understood the config.pl right, there is a variable 
>> ($Conf{BackupPCUserVerify}) that if set to 0 should disable authentication. 


This check is to make sure that the BackupPC_Admin cgi is being run as the user you defined (In the case Apache).  You may mistakenly run
the cgi as root and this may be bad, it would show you an error in this event.

Doug