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 -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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