Adam, thanks for pointing Laurin in the right direction.

-obj

Laurin d'Volts said the following on 04/07/2009 11:21 PM:
> I fixed it.
> I don't really understand what the issue was.
> It could have been some misconfiguration in apache.
> However, I did the "murder with intent" method of GNU/Linux.
>
> Basically, I looked for the apache2 folder.
> I erased that folder, which was /etc/apache2.
> # rm -r /etc/apache2
>
> >From there, I looked on Google as to a way I could put that folder back
> in. Yes, I'm using a weird logic for all of this. 
>
> http://www.debianhelp.org/node/2101
>
> Afterwards, it pointed me to the package "apache2.2-common."
>
> So, I decided to...
>
> apt-get --purge remove apache2.2-common
>
> Afterward, it removed apache, some other stuff, and backuppc.
>
> Next, I made sure of something...
>
> apt-get --purge remove backuppc
>
> I don't remember anything going away...
>
> next...
>
> apt-get install backuppc
>
> >From there, it installed the apache dependencies again..
>
> I seletected "apache" and "apache2" as options inside of the ncurses
> screen.
>
> I went to a browser...
>
> http://127.0.0.1/backuppc
>
> and things now work.
>
> But at least the discussion here helped me figure out both parts were
> some how connected. I kind of figured this once I used cat on various
> files in /etc/backuppc and /etc/apache2. That led me to the idea to
> remove the /etc/apache2 folder.
>
> Done and done.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 23:53 +1000, Adam Goryachev wrote:
>   
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>> My suggestion would be to do these two commands from the command prompt:
>>
>> This command will un-install apache totally, including any config
>> files/etc that you might have customised (messed with).
>> apt-get --purge remove apache2
>>
>>
>> To install apache2 again with the plain vanilla default config do this:
>> apt-get install apache2
>>
>> Now, check that apache is listening/working:
>> netstat -an|grep :80
>> tcp6       0      0 :::80           :::*           LISTEN
>>
>> That is what you should see... it shows some program is listening on port 80
>>
>> Now, from the browser on your workstation use a web browser to access:
>> http://ip.of.backup.server/
>>
>> You should see the default apache page.
>>
>> If you don't see this, then something has gone wrong. Don't bother to
>> continue with backuppc, stop and get apache working first.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adam
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