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I followed the NUT instructions that are on the projects site, I think, and they said to set up USBD, so I did. Is that necessary for average users using one PC (rather than servers), or will something not work right if I reread and turn off USBD?

On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 08:18:12 -0400 Charles Lepple <clepple at gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 1, 2013, at 11:58 PM, David N Melik wrote: > > > I followed the NUT instructions that are on the projects site, I > > think, > > ^ The official NUT site? Feel free to post the URL. > > > and they said to set up USBD, so I did. Is that necessary for > > average

On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:56:16 -0400 Charles Lepple <clepple at gmail.com> wrote: > >> What are you trying to optimize? > > > > nothing, but I just did not want another daemon running, or at > > least I do not want a port open that can access the UPS, because I > > will not be using it; it is more of a minor security issue than > > anything. The

On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:19:11 +0100 Chris Boot <bootc at bootc.net> wrote: > >> > I forgot to mention: by default, NUT listens on localhost. If > >> > you are using Linux, you could add a "-m owner --uid-owner" rule > >> > to iptables to only match the UID for the NUT system user. > > > > Thanks; if it listens on localhost by default,