Nut upsuser - May 2006 - NUT 2.0.3 ups.conf serial comms to an MGE Ellipse

I am running Ubuntu 6.06 connected via serial port to an MGE Pulsar 
Ellipse 800VA. Have just installed NUT 2.0.3, and have problems with 
connectivity. This UPS was workign via serial connectivity to a BSD 
system only a few days ago. I have followed the instructions at 
http://opensource.mgeups.com/install/debian.htm

The details...

jason@ubuntu:~$ ls -la /dev/ttyS?
crw-rw-rw- 1 root dialout 4, 64 2006-05-15 22:18 /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root dialout 4, 65 2006-05-14 22:12 /dev/ttyS1

jason@ubuntu:~$ grep -i nut /etc/group
dialout:x:20:jason,nut
nut:x:117:

jason@ubuntu:~$ grep -i nut /etc/passwd
nut:x:107:117::/var/lib/nut:/bin/false

jason@ubuntu:~$ ls -la /etc/nut/
-rw-r-----  1 root nut  3769 2006-05-15 21:30 ups.conf
-rw-r-----  1 root nut  1407 2006-05-15 20:26 upsd.conf
-rw-r-----  1 root nut  2391 2006-05-15 20:34 upsd.users

jason@ubuntu:~$ sudo cat /etc/nut/ups.conf
[...]
user = nut
[mge]
   driver = mge-shut
   port = /dev/ttyS1
   desc = "MGE Pulsar Ellipse UPS"

jason@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep -i ttyS
[42949378.240000] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[42949378.240000] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[42949378.250000] 00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[42949378.250000] 00:0a: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A

I have also tried/used "port = /dev/ttyS0" in the ups.conf to make
sure
it's not just the wrong serial port I am selecting.

jason@ubuntu:~$ /sbin/upsdrvctl -u nut start [mge]
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.3
Can't open /etc/nut/ups.conf: Can't open /etc/nut/ups.conf: Permission 
denied

jason@ubuntu:~$ sudo /sbin/upsdrvctl -t -u nut start [mge]
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.3
*** Testing mode: not calling exec/kill
UPS [mge] not found in ups.conf

Two questions arise:
a) Since '/etc/nut/ups.conf' has read rights for group 'nut',
why does
starting 'upsdrvctl' under parameter for user 'nut' give a
permission
denied on the conf file?

b) Why does starting 'upsdrvctl' under sudo for root permission give a 
response that "[mge]" is not found in the conf file? As above, clearly
it is.

Help/thoughts appreciated.


---
Cheers,
Jason

On 5/15/06, Jason Allen <jallen@pobox.com> wrote:
> Two questions arise:
> a) Since '/etc/nut/ups.conf' has read rights for group
'nut', why does
> starting 'upsdrvctl' under parameter for user 'nut' give a
permission
> denied on the conf file?
What are the permissions on /etc/nut itself?
> b) Why does starting 'upsdrvctl' under sudo for root permission
give a
> response that "[mge]" is not found in the conf file? As above,
clearly
> it is.
Think of the ups.conf syntax as a simple Windows .INI or Subversion
conf file format. The UPS name is "mge", but in the file, you put the
name in square brackets - "[mge]" - to delimit a new section in the
file.

-- 
- Charles Lepple

I need to upgrade my ups.  I need one that works out of the box 
perfectly with NUT (no driver hacking etc).  I know MGE supports NUT 
now, so I am guessing that would be my first choice. 

the server is a p4-~3ghz with ide raid, network cards, 1g of ram etc... 
any suggestions?