Please make sure to edit /etc/BackupPC/config.pl to suit your needs. Add backuppc and backuppcApache2 to your default startup scripts: # rc-update add backuppc default # rc-update add backuppcApache2 default Then start the services, and navigate using your webbrowser to: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin The default username and password are both backuppc, edit /etc/BackupPC/authUser to change these to your preferred values using the htpasswd2 utility, such as: # htpasswd2 -c /etc/BackupPC/authUser backuppc It will prompt you for a new user. man htpasswd2 for more options. If you choose to change your username you will also need to edit /etc/BackupPC/httpd.conf to change the Require user line!