Nut upsuser - Jul 2005 - upsd won't run

I've got persistent trouble getting nut to work, though I think I've
done everything by the book (the Debian specific readme included). I've
tracked it down to upsd not working as it should: it just won't keep going.
:( I.e. checking the process list (or using its reload command) shows that there
just isn't a upsd process, at all.

Starting upsd with a few -D's for debugging gives me this answer:
    stat /etc/nut/upsd.conf: Permission denied

As simple as that seems, it leaves me clueless. I have obviously checked the
permissions on that file, they are 640 root:nut, which seems fine to me. I set
them 777 for a moment, just to test: no improvement :( What am I overlooking?

It's a fresh install of Debian 3.1 (sarge), with their nut package (2.0.1),
Sweex 1000 safenet UPS.


I suppose this is the type of thing that has come up before, so perhaps it's
in the old list archives? If so, are they still accessible in some way?


I'd be gratefull for any hints anyone could provide.

Thanks,

Wim Heemskerk

On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 04:28:15AM +0200, Wim Heemskerk Lists
wrote:
>     stat /etc/nut/upsd.conf: Permission denied
>=20
> As simple as that seems, it leaves me clueless. I have obviously checked
the permissions on that file, they are 640 root:nut, which seems fine to me. I
set them 777 for a moment, just to test: no improvement :( What am I
overlooking?
What are the permissions on /etc/nut?

/Niels

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