Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 10:45:08 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anyone using sysutils/nut ? Message-ID: <4474FE14.80205@webanoide.org> In-Reply-To: <200605241336.k4ODajd1078702@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> References: <200605241336.k4ODajd1078702@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H 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? Hi, I got the following line in /usr/local/etc/nut/upsmon.conf: SHUTDOWNCMD "/sbin/shutdown -p now" As far as I'm concerned the system powers off cleanly without the need of FSCK. Cheers, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B
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