> >>> 2) The "Starting the driver" section says to start the driver at > >>> /usr/local/ups/sbin/upsdrvctl , but it's actually located at > >>> /usr/lib/ups/driver/ > >> > >> Right, that was fixed post-2.6 (note that the web pages are all > >> tagged with the version they correspond to; currently 2.7.2) > > > > I can't see on the webpages where it refers to being about version 2.7.2. > > Is > this tagging in the html itself? > > My fault, the version is only included in the website pages, e.g. > http://www.networkupstools.org/documentation.html > > https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/150 > > >>> 3) Under Installation Instructions, under "State path creation", it > >>> says to create the directories and make them owned by the user you > >>> created. It shows "chown root:nut /var/state/ups", but shouldn't it > >>> be "chown ups:nut /var/state/ups" (I know any user/group can be > >>> used, but ups:nut is what the example had been using so far). > >> > >> Assuming this is true: > >> > >>>> Be sure the new user is a member of the new group! If you forget > >>>> to do this, you will have problems later on when you try to start upsd. > >> > >> and the mode is 0770, then the NUT user can access those directories, > >> and change the contents, but cannot change the directory itself. > > > > Ok, that makes sense, but then maybe the wording should be "owned by > the group" instead of "user"? Then there wouldn't be confusion between > what it says to do and the command to do it. > > Makes sense. Also added to the TODO list: > https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/151 > > >>> Just thought I would mention them. If those paths are > >>> distro/package dependent, then that is ok, but it'd be nice of the > >>> docs said that. I know elsewhere they do (when talking about installing > from source). > >> > >> Seems like a good idea in principle. How would you reword it? > > > > Well, since the paths really become important when dealing with the > configuration, perhaps at the top of page 6, under the "Note" already there, > it could just be said that the paths to the configuration files are > distribution > dependent, and the ones shown are for <insert distro used here>. That way, > whether someone's coming from the package install or source install, they > would both end up at the top of that page and get the note before they start > seeing the specific paths. > > When you say "Page 6", are you referring to a PDF? Or a sub-section in > "Configuration"?
Sorry... The web pages, where you're sent when you click the "NUT Configuration" link. "6. Configuration Notes" (ar01s06.html) > Charles Lepple > clepple@gmail > > _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list Nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser