Les, Turns out apache was fine. renaming /usr/local/etc/backuppc/hosts.pl to hosts made everything work.
I'll accept my flat-forehead award later. Thanks Russ On 01/11/13 11:29, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Russell Poyner <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I'm trying to setup BackupPC on a FreeBSD 9.1 host, but having trouble >> with the web interface. >> >> BackupPC 3.2.1 was installed from the FreeBSD port, and the web >> interface is running under mod_perl, with apache running as the user >> backuppc. >> >> From the log after restarting BackupPC: >> >> 2013-01-11 10:06:25 Reading hosts file >> >> /usr/local/etc/backuppc/hosts.pl has one entry: >> >> host dhcp user moreUsers # <--- do not edit this line >> andromeda 0 myusername other,users,as,a,list >> >> ls -l /usr/local/etc/backuppc >> total 264 >> -rw-r----- 1 backuppc backuppc 0 Jan 10 14:52 LOCK >> -rw-r----- 1 backuppc backuppc 82948 Jan 11 09:56 config.pl >> -rw-r----- 1 backuppc backuppc 82780 Jan 11 09:22 config.pl.old >> -rw-r----- 1 backuppc backuppc 84996 Jan 3 12:25 config.pl.sample >> -rw-r----- 1 backuppc backuppc 2243 Jan 11 10:28 hosts.pl >> -rw-r--r-- 1 backuppc backuppc 2340 Jan 11 09:18 hosts.sample >> drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 512 Jan 11 10:05 pc >> >> I suspect this is some simple config problem, that I'm just missing. >> >> Is there a way to get verbose log/debug output from BackupPC? > > You need to configure apache to require authentication and log into > the web interface as someone in $Conf{CgiAdminUsers} to see all the > hosts. More details > at:.http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#step_9__cgi_interface. > Some packaged versions configure apache for you but I'm not familiar > with how the freebsd port works. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
