BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.

2015-09-20 09:39:55
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.
From: Timothy Murphy <gayleard AT eircom DOT net>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 14:38:24 +0100
Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:

> I have been using BackupPC for years on an Ubuntu/Debian OS. I am
> switching to CentOS 7 and cannot figure out why I am getting the
> following:
> 
> FORBIDDEN
> 
> You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.
> 
> . . . . when I "http://[ipaddress]/BackupPC";
> 
> I have disabled selinux and firewalld to see if they are interfering
> with my access. They do not appear to be. (So, I re-enabled them.)
> 
> I can access "http://[ipaddress]"; and get the default CentOS webpage.
> 
> To install BackupPC I enabled the EPEL repository. It appears to have
> included all the dependencies.
> 
> I have checked and re-checked file permissions.
> 
> Any ideas why I cannot access? Suggestions?

1. Did you edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf to have User backuppc
and restart httpd ?

2. Did you run sudo htpasswd -c /etc/BackupPC/apache.users <user>

3. Does backuppc own all the files in /var/lib/BackupPC ?

-- 
Timothy Murphy  
gayleard /at/ eircom.net
School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin



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