Still plugging away.got it down to this:
[root@reddwarf ups]# service ups restart
Stopping UPS monitor: [ OK ]
Stopping upsd: [FAILED]
Shutting down upsdrvctl: Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2
Stopping UPS: powermate3105
Can't open /var/run/nut/genericups-ttyUSB0.pid: No such file or directory
Starting upsdrvctl: Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2
Network UPS Tools - Generic UPS driver 1.30 (2.0.2)
Can't chdir to /var/run/nut: Permission denied
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
[FAILED]
Starting upsd: Network UPS Tools upsd 2.0.2
Can't chdir to /var/run/nut: Permission denied
[FAILED]
Starting UPS monitor (master): Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.0.1
UPS: reddwarf@localhost (slave) (power value 1)
Using power down flag file /etc/killpower [ OK ]
[david@reddwarf ups]$ ls -l
total 80
-rwxr-x--- 1 nut nut 1121 Oct 1 17:25 hosts.conf
-rwxr-x--- 1 nut nut 3772 Oct 1 17:55 ups.conf
-rwxr-x--- 1 nut nut 1369 Oct 1 18:17 upsd.conf
-rwxr-x--- 1 nut nut 2190 Oct 1 12:53 upsd.users
-rw------- 1 nut nut 11304 Oct 1 12:37 upsmon.conf
-rwxr-x--- 1 nut nut 3871 Oct 1 12:42 upssched.conf
-rwxr-x--- 1 nut nut 1420 Mar 11 2005 upsset.conf
-rw-rw---- 1 root root 1773 Mar 11 2005 upsstats.html
-rw-rw---- 1 root root 1867 Mar 11 2005 upsstats-single.html
[david@reddwarf ups]$ service ups start
Starting upsdrvctl: Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2
Can't open /etc/ups/ups.conf: Can't open /etc/ups/ups.conf: Permission
denied
[FAILED]
Starting upsd: Network UPS Tools upsd 2.0.2
Can't chdir to /var/run/nut: Permission denied
[FAILED]
Starting UPS monitor (master):
Oct 1 18:28:20 reddwarf upsmon[19155]: UPS reddwarf@localhost is
unavailable
Oct 1 18:28:20 reddwarf wall[21215]: wall: user nutmon broadcasted 1
lines (39 chars)
Oct 1 18:28:25 reddwarf upsmon[19155]: UPS [reddwarf@localhost]:
connect failed: Connection failure: Connection refused
[david@reddwarf ups]$ service ups stop
rm: cannot remove `/var/run/upsmon.pid': Permission denied [FAILED]
Stopping upsd: [FAILED]
Shutting down upsdrvctl: Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2
Can't open /etc/ups/ups.conf: Can't open /etc/ups/ups.conf: Permission
denied
rm: cannot remove `/var/run/upsmon.pid': Permission denied [FAILED]
Stopping upsd: [FAILED]
Shutting down upsdrvctl: Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2
Can't open /etc/ups/ups.conf: Can't open /etc/ups/ups.conf: Permission
denied
[david@reddwarf ups]$ ls -l /var/run/upsmon.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Oct 1 18:18 /var/run/upsmon.pid
I'm a bit puzzled over permmision refusals and unavailability of
localhost. Could I ask for some help please or I'll never get Nut
configured.
Thanks david