diff -urN BUILD/orginal/configure.pl BUILD/BackupPC-2.1.0/configure.pl
--- BackupPC-2.1.0/configure.pl	2004-06-20 04:28:08.000000000 +0200
+++ BackupPC-2.1.0/configure.pl	2004-11-27 23:29:05.343933152 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/perl
 #============================================================= -*-perl-*-
 #
 # configure.pl: Configuration and installation program for BackupPC
@@ -248,20 +248,18 @@
 
 EOF
 my($name, $passwd, $Uid, $Gid);
-while ( 1 ) {
-    $Conf{BackupPCUser} = prompt("--> BackupPC should run as user",
-                                 $Conf{BackupPCUser} || "backuppc",
-                                 "username");
-    ($name, $passwd, $Uid, $Gid) = getpwnam($Conf{BackupPCUser});
-    last if ( $name ne "" );
+#while ( 1 ) {
+    $Conf{BackupPCUser} =  "backuppc";	
+ 	$name = "backuppc"; $passwd = ""; $Uid = "150"; $Gid = "150";
+ #    last if ( $name ne "" );
     print <<EOF;
 
 getpwnam() says that user $Conf{BackupPCUser} doesn't exist.  Please check the
 name and verify that this user is in the passwd file.
 
 EOF
-    exit(1) if ( $opts{batch} );
-}
+#    exit(1) if ( $opts{batch} );
+#}
 
 print <<EOF;
 
@@ -451,7 +449,7 @@
     mkpath("$DestDir$Conf{InstallDir}/$dir", 0, 0775);
     if ( !-d "$DestDir$Conf{InstallDir}/$dir"
             || !chown($Uid, $Gid, "$DestDir$Conf{InstallDir}/$dir") ) {
-        die("Failed to create or chown $DestDir$Conf{InstallDir}/$dir\n");
+#        die("Failed to create or chown $DestDir$Conf{InstallDir}/$dir\n");
     } else {
         print("Created $DestDir$Conf{InstallDir}/$dir\n");
     }
@@ -464,7 +462,7 @@
     next if ( $dir eq "" || -d $dir );
     mkpath("$DestDir$dir", 0, 0775);
     if ( !-d "$DestDir$dir" || !chown($Uid, $Gid, "$DestDir$dir") ) {
-        die("Failed to create or chown $DestDir$dir");
+#        die("Failed to create or chown $DestDir$dir");
     } else {
         print("Created $DestDir$dir\n");
     }
@@ -477,7 +475,7 @@
     mkpath("$DestDir$Conf{TopDir}/$dir", 0, 0750) if ( !-d "$DestDir$Conf{TopDir}/$dir" );
     if ( !-d "$DestDir$Conf{TopDir}/$dir"
             || !chown($Uid, $Gid, "$DestDir$Conf{TopDir}/$dir") ) {
-        die("Failed to create or chown $DestDir$Conf{TopDir}/$dir\n");
+#        die("Failed to create or chown $DestDir$Conf{TopDir}/$dir\n");
     } else {
         print("Created $DestDir$Conf{TopDir}/$dir\n");
     }
@@ -700,8 +698,8 @@
     my $uid  = $stat[4];
     my $gid  = $stat[5];
     die("can't copy($dest, $confCopy)\n")  unless copy($dest, $confCopy);
-    die("can't chown $uid, $gid $confCopy\n")
-                                           unless chown($uid, $gid, $confCopy);
+#    die("can't chown $uid, $gid $confCopy\n")
+#                                           unless chown($uid, $gid, $confCopy);
     die("can't chmod $mode $confCopy\n")   unless chmod($mode, $confCopy);
 }
 open(OUT, ">", $dest) || die("can't open $dest for writing\n");
@@ -724,7 +722,7 @@
 close(OUT);
 if ( !defined($oldConf) ) {
     die("can't chmod 0640 mode $dest\n")  unless chmod(0640, $dest);
-    die("can't chown $Uid, $Gid $dest\n") unless chown($Uid, $Gid, $dest);
+#    die("can't chown $Uid, $Gid $dest\n") unless chown($Uid, $Gid, $dest);
 }
 
 if ( $Conf{CgiDir} ne "" ) {
@@ -829,7 +827,7 @@
 	close(PROG);
 	close(OUT);
     }
-    die("can't chown $uid, $gid $dest") unless chown($uid, $gid, $dest);
+#    die("can't chown $uid, $gid $dest") unless chown($uid, $gid, $dest);
     die("can't chmod $mode $dest")      unless chmod($mode, $dest);
 }