BackupPC downloading file instead of executing it.

carvalho · 2014-06-20 20:02:22

I'm new to Arch Linux but so far I had no major issues installing Arch, a web server (Apache), etc on this PC (Dell Vostro 200). However what seemed to be the easiest installation - Backuppc - is turning out to be the most complicated. I've followed the Backuppc Arch Linux wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/BackupPC) but I'm having a lot of issues to run the admin page on a different pc. At first it did not run the perl scripts, just displayed the code. After compiling the small bit of C code and moving the files around as per instructions it's now downloading the BackupPC_Admin file instead of running it. I don't know C code so there must be something I'm not doing quite right. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you. Note: there's no graphical interface on linux machine, access done via PuTTY.

Sharraz · 2014-06-29 10:38:14

I’ve got the same problem here. The binary is downloaded instead of being run. If I run /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin from the command line, it seems to work: It prints HTML output to the terminal.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sharraz · 2014-06-29 11:13:53

Ok, it seems like I got it to work at least partially: In /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, the following line was commented out:
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so

I removed the # and restarted the server, now the site is running.

However, the browser does not have access to various other files, like logos, css and js files. I will look further into this...

Sharraz · 2014-06-29 12:28:06

Ok, I also got the other problem solved:

My knowledge of apache is quite limited, but if I understand correctly, there recently was an update to version 2.4, which uses a different syntax for access control. The config file provided by the backuppc package, however, still uses the old syntax.

I changed /etc/httpd/conf/extra/backuppc.conf to the following:

<Directory /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin>
  # This section tells apache which machines can access the interface.
  # You can change the allow line to allow access from your local
  # network, or comment out this region to allow access from all
  # machines.
  Require ip 127.0.0.1

  # You can change the authorization method to LDAP or another method
  # besides htaccess here if you are so inclined.
  AuthType Basic
  AuthUserFile /etc/backuppc/backuppc.users
  AuthName "BackupPC Community Edition Administrative Interface"
  require valid-user
</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share/backuppc/html>
  Require host example.org
</Directory>

Alias           /backuppc         /usr/share/backuppc/html
ScriptAlias     /BackupPC_Admin         /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin

with example.org replaced by my real hostname. I’m not sure if this configuration is completely correct, but it seems to work for me.

ddelpino · 2014-07-16 17:11:14

This not working for me.

My new Apache 2.4 no start with old httpd.conf file. I replaced the file with the new httpd.conf.pacnew and I added lines:

LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
Include conf/extra/backuppc.conf

And changed:
User http
Group http

For:
User backuppc
Group backuppc

But the Web interface still is not working. The Web browser open the BackupPC_Admin file in plain text.

I has open this bug report:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41201

Sharraz · 2014-07-17 00:08:12

Did you uncomment the following line in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf?
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so

Last edited by Sharraz (2014-07-17 00:09:09)

scoude · 2016-10-07 12:38:57

Hi everybody,

same problem for me, but, in fact, I gave just

http://......./backuppc/

and not

http://......./backuppc/index.cgi

So, it seems to be an issue, because my dir_module was on....

With ..../index.cgi at the end, it work !

Serge

ewaller · 2016-10-07 17:39:53

Welcome to Arch Linux. And thank you for your relevant contribution.

This is a bit of an old thread, so I am going to go ahead and close it now.

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#1 2014-06-20 20:02:22

BackupPC downloading file instead of executing it.

#2 2014-06-29 10:38:14

Re: BackupPC downloading file instead of executing it.

#3 2014-06-29 11:13:53

Re: BackupPC downloading file instead of executing it.

#4 2014-06-29 12:28:06

Re: BackupPC downloading file instead of executing it.

#5 2014-07-16 17:11:14

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#6 2014-07-17 00:08:12

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#7 2016-10-07 12:38:57

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#8 2016-10-07 17:39:53

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