[CentOS] BackupPC FAQ? Backups Apparently Working, but Web Interface Shows Nothing

Mon May 14 21:28:20 UTC 2012
Tim Evans <tkevans at tkevans.com>

On 05/14/2012 05:17 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Tim Evans<tkevans at tkevans.com>  wrote:
>> BackuPC host is CentOS 6.2. Just one windows XP client.  SMB backups
>> appear to be working; there is data in the backup directory tree,
>> including a subdir named for the client, in which I can manually view
>> individual files that have been backed up.
>>
>> Now trying to use the web interface.  Apache lets me log in, but the
>> status screen shows nothing.  Hosts screen says:
>>
>>      This status was generated at 5/14 16:50.
>>      Pool file system was recently at 41% (5/14 16:43), today's max is
>> 41% (5/14 01:00) and yesterday's max was 42%.
>>
>> Presumably, this means it sees the backup directory, since it accurately
>> shows space available.
>>
>> Still, it says 0 hosts have been backed up.
>>
>> The SourceForge BackupPC Wiki says to check Selinux setup; it is disabled.
>>
>> What next?  Thanks.
>
> Are you logging in to the web interface as a configured admin user or
> the owner of the host in question?   Othewise you won't see much.
>

Thanks for the reply; this pointed me in the right direction.  Not sure 
which worked, but I set:

$Conf{CgiAdminUsers} = 'tkevans';

in config.pl and added 'tkevans' as user in the hosts file.

All's OK now.