backuppc help

[franz.reitinger]

Backuppc creates during the installation several configuration files in 
/etc/backuppc; among these files you can find htpasswd managing the 
user/password(s).
Adding a password is done using the htpasswd-command:

htpasswd htpasswd aNewUser

/franzR


On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 08:58:18 -0400, Verde Denim wrote:
> I've installed backuppc from the repo on my 11.04 server
> From my 11.04 laptop, I go to the address to login as:
> http://192.168.0.100/backuppc/ [1]
>
> The authentication dialog comes up, but when I entered the user as
> backuppc and the password, it fails.
>  After checking this a couple of times, I figured that maybe I had 
> the
> pw wrong, so I went to a terminal and executed -
> passwd -d backuppc
>
> passwd backuppc
> New password: xxx
> Retype: xxx
> Password changed
>
> I returned to the web interface and got the same results. I must be
> missing something here, but cannot tell exactly what.
> Anyone set this up successfully? Thanks, as always, for the 
> invaluable
> help!
>
> Regards
>
> Jack
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