Nut upsuser - Aug 2020 - Synology NAS is shutting down Ubuntu servers after very brief power outage (fwd)

On Mon, 3 Aug 2020, Todd Benivegna wrote:
> Thank you!  Sorry for another bonehead question…. Do I replace
<myups> with
> the IP address of the NUT Server/Synology?  I’m assuming I would use this 
> version for use in Dash with Ubuntu, correct?
Yes, you replace <myups> with the address of your UPS, for example 
"ups at 192.168.x.y".  Are you using Dash or Bash?  If it's Dash,
the function
getUPSstatus probably goes into .profile .

Test on the command line before modifying SHUTDOWNCMD by typing the commands

  getUPSstatus <myups>
  echo "UPS status is $UPSstatus"

You should see "UPS status is [OL]:100".

Roger

Ok, gotcha, I did that. I believe Ubuntu uses Bash for user sessions and Dash
fornscripts, so followed your instructions for Dash. I put the getUPStatus bits
in .bashrc and tested in Terminal and got:

UPS status is [OL]:100

So I went ahead and put your SHUTDOWNCMD in upsmon.conf. I think it should be
working now....

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Todd Benivegna // todd at benivegna.com
On Aug 4, 2020, 3:13 AM -0400, Roger Price <roger at rogerprice.org>,
wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2020, Todd Benivegna wrote:
>
> > Thank you!  Sorry for another bonehead question…. Do I replace
<myups> with
> > the IP address of the NUT Server/Synology?  I’m assuming I would use
this
> > version for use in Dash with Ubuntu, correct?
>
> Yes, you replace <myups> with the address of your UPS, for example
> "ups at 192.168.x.y". Are you using Dash or Bash? If it's
Dash, the function
> getUPSstatus probably goes into .profile .
>
> Test on the command line before modifying SHUTDOWNCMD by typing the
commands
>
> getUPSstatus <myups>
> echo "UPS status is $UPSstatus"
>
> You should see "UPS status is [OL]:100".
>
> Roger
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Ok, so now that I think of it, that might not actually work when it is not
run by me.  I guess that it all confirms that it works in Bash, but I think
when it runs on its own it would use Dash...

The default login shell remains bash. Opening a terminal from the menu
or
> shortcut [crtl-alt-t] provides interactive bash. A script run from the
> desktop or file manager, through the dialogue 'run in terminal'
will
> execute as POSIX dash.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh

So I would need to put the function in .profile then, right?  Could I leave
it in both .bashrc and .profile so it'd work either way?

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 8:39 AM Todd Benivegna <todd at benivegna.com>
wrote:
> Ok, gotcha, I did that. I believe Ubuntu uses Bash for user sessions and
> Dash fornscripts, so followed your instructions for Dash. I put the
> getUPStatus bits in .bashrc and tested in Terminal and got:
>
> UPS status is [OL]:100
>
> So I went ahead and put your SHUTDOWNCMD in upsmon.conf. I think it should
> be working now....
>
> --
>
> *Todd Benivegna* // todd at benivegna.com
> On Aug 4, 2020, 3:13 AM -0400, Roger Price <roger at rogerprice.org>,
wrote:
>
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2020, Todd Benivegna wrote:
>
> Thank you!  Sorry for another bonehead question…. Do I replace
<myups> with
> the IP address of the NUT Server/Synology?  I’m assuming I would use this
> version for use in Dash with Ubuntu, correct?
>
>
> Yes, you replace <myups> with the address of your UPS, for example
> "ups at 192.168.x.y". Are you using Dash or Bash? If it's
Dash, the function
> getUPSstatus probably goes into .profile .
>
> Test on the command line before modifying SHUTDOWNCMD by typing the
> commands
>
> getUPSstatus <myups>
> echo "UPS status is $UPSstatus"
>
> You should see "UPS status is [OL]:100".
>
> Roger
> _______________________________________________
> Nut-upsuser mailing list
> Nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net
> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
>
>
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*Todd Benivegna* // todd at benivegna.com
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