Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 09:49:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H <ml@t-b-o-h.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anyone using sysutils/nut ? Message-ID: <20060524134920.64009.qmail@web60015.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200605241336.k4ODajd1078702@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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--- Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H <ml@t-b-o-h.net> wrote: > > > I'm going by : > > > > > > /usr/local/share/doc/nut/shutdown.txt > > > > > > Subsection "How you set it up", item #2 : > > > > > > 2. Edit your shutdown scripts to check for the POWERDOWNFLAG so > they > > > know > > > when to power off the UPS. You must check for this file, as > you > > > don't > > > want this to happen during normal shutdowns! > > > > > > You can use upsdrvctl to start the shutdown process in your > UPS > > > hardware. Use this script as an example, but change the paths > to > > > suit your system: > > > > My bad. I did edit rc.shutdown on both a 5.4 and a 6.0 system with > no > > troubles. The end of my file shows this: > > > > # Inserted next 5 lines March 13, 2006 for UPS shutdown. > > if (test -f /etc/killpower) > > then > > echo "Killing the power, bye!" > > /usr/local/libexec/nut/upsdrvctl shutdown > > fi > > > > echo '.' > > exit 0 > > > But doesn't that immediately shut down your system causing it > to need FSCK when it comes back up? > > Thanks, Tuc > I did not observe this happening. Is there any other way? What tips did you get on the nut list? Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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