Sam Przyswa wrote:
>
>>>> I'd just switch to cgi execution instead of mod_perl.  You don't spend 
>>>> that much time in the web interface anyway.
>>> If I don't use mod_perl the script BackupPC_Admin it don't start, only
>>> displayed into the browser windows.
>> That means you didn't configure it to run as a cgi script.  Most 
>> distributions already have a cgi-bin directory somewhere with a 
>> scriptalias or other config setting to make it execute programs. Just 
>> put the BackupPC_Admin program there.  When running this way it needs to 
>> be readable and executable by the apache's group (www-data?) and owned 
>> and setuid to the backuppc user.
> 
> There is the apache configuration for BackupPC without mod_perl:
> 
> ServerName backups-xl.arial-concept.com
> <Directory "/var/apache2/backuppc">
> allow from all
> AuthName "Backups Externes Arial Concept"
> ####SetHandler perl-script
> ####PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
> ####PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
> AuthType Basic
> AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/backups_users
> Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks Includes IncludesNOEXEC Indexes
> MultiViews SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
> require valid-user
> order deny,allow
> AllowOverride All
> </Directory>
> Alias /images/ "/var/apache2/backuppc/images/"
> Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks Includes IncludesNOEXEC Indexes
> MultiViews SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
> DocumentRoot /var/apache2/backuppc
> 
> The BackuPC_Admin is on /var/apache2/backuppc and it's ONLY DISPLAYED
> without mod_perl not run, it's set as:
> 
> -rwsrwsrwx 1 www-data www-data 3993 2008-05-24 18:35 BackupPC_Admin

The ExecCGI should make it work, but I'm not sure you want that set on 
your whole document root.  Also, doesn't debian have some preset options 
regarding a suexec docroot that may conflit with this?  Why don't you 
just put BackupPC_Admin under /var/www/cgi-bin?


>>>>> Thanks for your help, but it's a strange BackupPC's feature or behavior
>>>>> (perhaps a bug...)
>>>> It's just the way mod_perl and apache work.  Mod_perl runs as part of 
>>>> the apache process, so it doesn't have a choice about running under a 
>>>> different uid.  The tradeoff is that starting a separate process with 
>>>> the cgi interface is a bit slower, but it gives the other process a 
>>>> change to switch id's.   Another option is to run a separate instance of 
>>>> apache/mod_perl on a different port but I don't think it is worth the 
>>>> trouble.
>>> Now with mod_perl I changed $Conf{BackupPCUser} to www-data (Apache
>>> user) it start but sometime I loose the permission as admin user or
>>> sometime I got:
>> That should work with mod_perl.  If you mean the admin user after 
>> logging into the web interface, that has to do with web authentication 
>> not linux users or permissions.
> 
> How to set admin user ?

http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/documentation.html#cgi%20user%20interface%20configuration%20settings


> I log as my account who set as user in hosts file (not moreUsers) but I
> have not permission to edit config ???

The per-host user/moreusers should have permission on individual host 
setting.  The admin user/group can edit the main config and all hosts.

The linux permissions still apply - but to the configured backuppc user 
if you have the suid cgi mode working.

>>> My previous config 2.1.2 running since 4 years don't work anymore with
>>> the 3.1.0.
>>>
>>> I prefer suppress security features, perhaps make it running as root but
>>> make it WORKING !
>> Doesn't debian hava a packaged version you can install with apt-get?
> 
> Yes but it just install the 2.1.2 version.

I don't use debian but I thought it had a mechanism to add 
different/newer repositories and one of them should have at least a 3.0 
version.

>>> Please I have to backup my machine PLEASE.
>> Backups should run without the web interface if you set up the config 
>> files by hand.
>>
>>> Please give me a patch or a way to make BpPC working on Debian, Apache2,
>>> and mod_perl (it don't work without).
>> You don't need a patch, you just need to configure apache.  And I still 
>> recommend not using mod_perl.
> 
> Ok but at this time as I already said BackupPC_Admin don't run even the
> ExecCGI is set for the directory, or tell me the RIGHT apache2 config
> file to make it running.
> 
> Now I will try to use suexec apache2 feature to try to run BpPC ac
> backuppc.

See if you can execute scripts under /var/www/cgi-bin.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     les AT futuresource DOT com


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