installation instructions for NUT on Fedora 19 - that works

[Kevin Cummings]

On 01/07/16 12:14, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm trying to get NUT installed on an existing F19 server which sits beside my 
> shiney new APC SmartUPS.  It's connected using a serial cable on ttyS0.

If its an APC UPS, shouldn't you be using apcupsd instead of nut?  Its a
standard fedora package.  The last time I was running an APC UPS, I
installed it, made a few edits to the configuration file, and it just
worked.

> I've found a number of web sites that tell you how to install NUT and get it 
> working, including one that said it worked where others didn;'t - it referred 
> to permissions issues with the RPMs.
> 
> However, none of the instructions relate to F19 and even after making 
> allowances I still can't get it to work.
> One thing that was missing was /var/run/ups which was the last thing I 
> created.  However, as you can see below, it still doesn't work.
> 
> I'm hoping eventually to have this server monitor the UPS, and then have all 
> other servers monitor through this server.
> 
> Can anyone help with getting this working.  Ta
> 
> Gary

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