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Date:      Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:32:04 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Trevin Chow <tmchow@sfu.ca>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trouble getting NUT to work on 4.4
Message-ID:  <15284.49700.335073.927636@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <53214739@toto.iv>

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Trevin Chow <tmchow@sfu.ca> types:
> I'm trying to get NUT (/usr/ports/sysutils/nut) to work on my 4.4-Stable
> system but am having trouble.
> 
> I'm following the directions in the /usr/local/share/doc/nut/INSTALL and
> one of the first steps after installing is to run a particular command to
> connect to the UPS.
> 
> My UPS is attached to my com1 port but when I try to access it with the
> /usr/local/libexec/nut/genericups binary but am getting a bunch of errors.
> Here are my attempts trying different serial ports:

This one looks like the right command:

> # /usr/local/libexec/nut/genericups -t 7 /dev/cuaa0
> Network UPS Tools - Generic UPS driver 0.50 (0.45.0)
> UPS type: CyberPower Power99
> Can't open /var/db/genericups-cuaa0: Permission denied
> This program is currently running as uucp (UID 66)

You need to make sure the /var/db/geneircups-cuaa0 file exists, and is
owned - or at least writable - by uucp.

	<mike

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