Re: [Nut-upsuser] Getting a Plexus 500VA to work with NUT

2011-01-24 Thread Paul Banks
On 24 Jan 2011, at 14:18, Charles Lepple wrote: > On Jan 23, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Paul Banks wrote: > >> $ ./blazer_usb -a rupert -D -u root > > ^ If this is in a non-root shell, this won't work. Charles, thanks for clarifying. As I mentioned I was initially working in a root shel but came u

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Getting a Plexus 500VA to work with NUT

2011-01-24 Thread Charles Lepple
On Jan 23, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Paul Banks wrote: $ ./blazer_usb -a rupert -D -u root ^ If this is in a non-root shell, this won't work. NUT has no hooks to go from a non-root user ID to root, nor can it change from one non-root user to another non-root user. (To do so would require setu

[Nut-upsuser] Getting a Plexus 500VA to work with NUT

2011-01-23 Thread Paul Banks
Hi all, First off thanks you for such a great tool - my searching so far indicates that the developers and community behind nut are committed and doing a great job! Background: I've just purchased a Plexus 500VA UPS for ebuyer because it was cheap. I didnt expect much but I've seen a few referenc