Nut upsdev - Nov 2010 - still no nut at reboot

Greetings;

I have attempted to add the nut startup strings into my /etc/rc.local file, 
but with the new nono-serialized boot used by many distros today, I cannot 
see the startup and its error messages if any because the xserver is 
already started and that hide the messages.  All I know is that it will not 
even show the driver in an htop report once booted.

So, taking another tack, I have pulled the /etc/init.d/upsd script in from 
an older mandriva install that self-destructed, modified the paths in it to 
suit the installation in the /usr/local/ups tree.

Parts of this appear to work.
[root at coyote init.d]# ./upsd restart
NUT Stopping UPS daemon: /bin/bash: upsd: command not found
                                                                                
[FAILED]
NUT Stopping UPS model drivers /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions: line 621: 
/upsdrvctl: No such file or directory
                                                                                
[FAILED]
NUT Starting UPS model drivers: Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 
2.4.3-2672
Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.35 (2.4.3-2672)
USB communication driver 0.31
Using subdriver: Belkin HID 0.12
                                                                                
[
OK  ]        
NUT Starting UPS daemon: Network UPS Tools upsd 2.4.3-2672
ACL in upsd.conf is no longer supported - switch to LISTEN
ACL in upsd.conf is no longer supported - switch to LISTEN
ACL in upsd.conf is no longer supported - switch to LISTEN
ACCEPT in upsd.conf is no longer supported - switch to LISTEN
ACCEPT in upsd.conf is no longer supported - switch to LISTEN
REJECT in upsd.conf is no longer supported - switch to LISTEN
listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493
listening on ::1 port 3493
/var/state/ups is world readable
Can't open /usr/local/ups/etc/ups.conf: Can't open 
/usr/local/ups/etc/ups.conf: Permission denied
                                                                                
[FAILED]
[root at coyote init.d]# 
That was root attempting to do that.
That file is currently, and I believe pursuant to the install instructions:
[root at coyote init.d]# ls -l /usr/local/ups/etc/ups.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root nut 95 2010-11-06 12:54 /usr/local/ups/etc/ups.conf

What do I do to the perms etc so that this file is readable, both now, and 
during the bootup when I enable a link to it from /etc/rc5.d?

Thanks.

-- 
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On Nov 13, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> That file is currently, and I believe pursuant to the install  
> instructions:
> [root at coyote init.d]# ls -l /usr/local/ups/etc/ups.conf
> -rw-r----- 1 root nut 95 2010-11-06 12:54 /usr/local/ups/etc/ups.conf
>
> What do I do to the perms etc so that this file is readable, both  
> now, and
> during the bootup when I enable a link to it from /etc/rc5.d?
Does the mandriva script have the same assumptions about the NUT  
username? Also, is the "nut" user part of the "nut" group?

Also, is this the distribution you are using? http://www.pclinuxos.com/

-- 
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