When the server upsd cannot connect to the UPS, it writes messages to /var/log/messages every five minutes. This clutters the system log file. The attached patch turns the hard-coded parameter, SS_CONNFAIL_INT, into a configuration parameter in /etc/ups/upsd.conf. (I copied the name already chosen for this purpose. You may want to use a different name in a configuration file.) I set SS_CONNFAIL_INT 3600 to match the setting I use for NOCOMMWARNTIME. Please consider these changes. Larry Baker US Geological Survey 650-329-5608 baker at usgs.gov -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: nut-2.6.5-sstate.patch Type: application/octet-stream Size: 866 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsdev/attachments/20151021/d09f1a5e/attachment.obj>