UPS attached and communication established

[geronimo1958]

I get response with the following:

upsc ups@localhost

and I get a bunch of data like:

battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.date: not set
battery.mfr.date: 2002/10/26
battery.runtime: 4012
.
.
.

Including the name of my UPS (APC Back-UPS ES 725)

and when I issue the following:

upscmd -l ups

I get:

beeper.disable - Disable the UPS beeper
beeper.enable - Enable the UPS beeper
beeper.mute - Temporarily mute the UPS beeper
beeper.off - Obsolete (use beeper.disable or beeper.mute)
beeper.on - Obsolete (use beeper.enable)
load.off - Turn off the load immediately
load.off.delay - Turn off the load with a delay (seconds)
shutdown.reboot - Shut down the load briefly while rebooting the UPS
shutdown.stop - Stop a shutdown in progress
test.panel.start - Start testing the UPS panel
test.panel.stop - Stop a UPS panel test

All seems good.

But when I try and issue a command to disable the beeper:

upscmd ups beeper.disable

I get:

[myusername@freenas] # upscmd ups beeper.disable
Username (root):
Password:
Unexpected response from upsd: ERR ACCESS-DENIED

I have used all the various users and associated passwords and always get the same error. Obviously I am missing something. I have set a password in the UPS GUI section.

Any ideas?

 

[cyberjock]

Not all UPSes are compatible with all of those options. I've never tried to disable the beeper since I WANT to know if I'm on the battery, but that's my first guess as to what your problem is.

 

[William Grzybowski]

You _may_ need to create an additional user with admin rights.

 

[paleoN]

You _may_ need to create an additional user with admin rights.

No _may_ about it. It's required to setup an additional user with admin rights if the OP hasn't done so already.

 

[geronimo1958]

I found some documentation on the web. I will look into adding a user with admin rights.

Thanks to all that replied.

 

[paleoN]

I found some documentation on the web.

The NUT documentation? Goes under Extra users section.

 

[geronimo1958]

I found the location of the user file

/etc/local/nut/upsd.users

I add a user that should be able to execute some commands to the UPS.

I reboot and the changes I made disappear.

Any idea why this is happening?

 

[paleoN]

I reboot and the changes I made disappear.

Any idea why this is happening?

Yes, from the GUI:

Goes under Extra users section.

 

[geronimo1958]

That just adds a single line of "user" to the upsd.users file it does not use the proper syntax

[user]
other parameters

 

[geronimo1958]

I will try and minic the syntax.

 

[geronimo1958]

That did it.

 

[cstathoulis]

Hi ,

Can someone please post "clearer" instructions on how to "upscmd ups beeper.disable" . I can't seem to find the path /etc/local/nut/upsd.users
Basically, what steps do I need to do to disable the "beeper" and what Password is required.


[myusername@freenas] # upscmd ups beeper.disable
Username (root):
Password:
Unexpected response from upsd: ERR ACCESS-DENIED

Thanks in advance.

 

[hugovsky]

Like the thread says, it's here. To use it at FN, go to ups settings and add:

[admin]
password = mypass
instcmds = all

to EXTRA USERS field.

Have fun! ;)

 

[cstathoulis]

Like the thread says, it's here. To use it at FN, go to ups settings and add:

[admin]
password = mypass
instcmds = all

to EXTRA USERS field.

Have fun! ;)

Thanks for your quick reply, but silly question, I haven't been able to find where "/etc/local/nut/upsd.users" is located. Is this a default path which is created by FreeNAS or do I have to install something else.

Thanks. :)

 

[hugovsky]

Use the GUI. Go to Services -> UPS and use EXTRA users field.

 

[cstathoulis]

Use the GUI. Go to Services -> UPS and use EXTRA users field.

I suspected as much after going through the web and manual...

so, if I write "upscmd ups beeper.disable" in the "Services -> UPS and use EXTRA users field" I should be fine(?)

Many Thanks

 

[SweetAndLow]

No that command needs to be run from cli.

 

[cstathoulis]

OK.... I think I have it now..(?)

From the "Services -> UPS and use EXTRA users field" we add the following:
[admin]
password = mypass (for example)
instcmds = all

and then from the FreeNAS SHELL we enter the command:
"upscmd ups beeper.disable"

 

[hugovsky]

Yes, that's it.

 

[cstathoulis]

It worked..!!!

Thanks a million...:D