Nut upsuser - Sep 2006 - POWERDOWNFLAG (/etc/killpower) does not contain the upsmon magic string!!!

Hi to all, i install nut and it's work perfectly but when i start upsmon i
recive the message:
 POWERDOWNFLAG (/etc/killpower) does not contain the upsmon magic string
 
 My upmon.conf contain:
 
 MONITOR myups@theseo 1 orion91 carlos81 master
 
 SHUTDOWNCMD "/sbin/shutdown -h +0"
 
 HOSTSYNC 15
 
 POWERDOWNFLAG /etc/killpower
 
 FINALDELAY 5
 
 
 My killpower scrit in /etc/killpower contain:
 
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if (test -f /etc/killpower)
    then
         echo "Killing the power, bye!"
         /sbin/upsdrvctl shutdown
 
         sleep 120
 
         # uh oh... the UPS poweroff failed!
         # you probably should reboot here to avoid getting stuck
         # *** see the section on power races below ***
 fi
 
 
 Where is the problem! What's the upsmon magic string?
 Help me please!
 		
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Pino Mauro wrote:
> 
> Hi to all, i install nut and it's work perfectly but when i start
> upsmon i recive the message: POWERDOWNFLAG (/etc/killpower) does not
> contain the upsmon magic string
> 
> ...
>  My killpower scrit in /etc/killpower contain:
>  
>  #!/bin/bash
>  
>  if (test -f /etc/killpower)
>     then
>          echo "Killing the power, bye!"
>          /sbin/upsdrvctl shutdown
>  
>          sleep 120
>  
>          # uh oh... the UPS poweroff failed!
>          # you probably should reboot here to avoid getting stuck
>          # *** see the section on power races below ***
>  fi
>  
>  
>  Where is the problem! What's the upsmon magic string?
>  Help me please!
Hi Pino,

you are not supposed to put that script in /etc/killpower, but in your
system's shutdown scripts. You should *not* create a file called
/etc/killpower; that file is used by upsmon for internal purposes. 

The location of your shutdown scripts depends on your operating
system; it could be something like /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt 

-- Peter

2006/9/13, Pino Mauro <pinomauro81@yahoo.it>:
> Hi to all, i install nut and it's work perfectly but when i start
upsmon i
> recive the message:
>  POWERDOWNFLAG (/etc/killpower) does not contain the upsmon magic string
>
>  My upmon.conf contain:
>
>  MONITOR myups@theseo 1 orion91 carlos81 master
>
>  SHUTDOWNCMD "/sbin/shutdown -h +0"
>
>  HOSTSYNC 15
>
>  POWERDOWNFLAG /etc/killpower
>
>  FINALDELAY 5
>
>
>  My killpower scrit in /etc/killpower contain:
do you mean the below script is named "/etc/killpower".
if so, the problem is here since the file exist, and obviously can be
created with the before mentioned magic!

/etc/killpower is a flag created by upsmon upon shutdown, when an ups
poweroff is needed.
>  #!/bin/bash
>
>  if (test -f /etc/killpower)
>     then
>          echo "Killing the power, bye!"
>          /sbin/upsdrvctl shutdown
>
>          sleep 120
>
>          # uh oh... the UPS poweroff failed!
>          # you probably should reboot here to avoid getting stuck
>          # *** see the section on power races below ***
>  fi
Arnaud
-- 
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