FWIW, just checked: `git grep nut-client` does not return anything related to systemd, so that typo gotta be Fedora's invention ;)
In-source there is only nut-common.tmpfiles handling. Jim On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 8:20 AM Simon Wilson via Nut-upsuser < [email protected]> wrote: > ----- Message from Bill Gee <[email protected]> --------- > Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 19:25:19 -0600 > From: Bill Gee <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Nut-upsuser] NUT no longer works after 2.7 -> 2.8 upgrade > To: Jim Klimov <[email protected]> > Cc: Arnaud Quette via Nut-upsuser < > [email protected]> > > > > I got it to run, but what a mess ... > > > > Yes, I am running systemctl daemon-reload and systemctl restart > > nut-server after each change I make. > > > > Hi Bill, > > Drivers and upsd share defaults (see 'man nutupsdrv'). > > Your original error message ("writepid: fopen > /var/run/usbhid-ups-cyberpower.pid: Permission denied") would seem to > indicate, same as the Red Hat bug, that your driver's default pid path > is /var/run. > > The driver by default uses STATEPATH (which can be over-ridden in > upsd.conf) to store pid files. The driver .service file is supposed to > make sure that path exists by running the ExecStartPre line, which > gets its instructions from the referenced ".conf" file from > /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d. The .service file then calls 'upsdrvctl start' to > start your usbhid-ups driver, as defined in ups.conf. Those all need > to align... > > 2 x questions: > > 1. Without its comments, what are the active lines (as installed, > without any changes) in /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected] > (or wherever that service file is located on your system)? > 2. in your upsd.conf (also as installed, without any changes), what is > the commented out STATEPATH you later mention uncommenting? > > > I created /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/nut-client.conf The owner is > > root:root and permissions are 0644. The contents are > > > > # State file (e.g. upsd to driver) and pidfile location for NUT: > > D /var/run/nut 0770 root nut - - > > X /var/run/nut > > > > I uncommented the STATEPATH line in /etc/ups/upsd.conf. > > > > I created a directory /var/state/ups, set to 777 permissions. > > Changed the STATEPATH line in upsd.conf. No success. > > > > I looked at /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected] but could > > not see any changes to be made. The bug report at RedHat mentions > > that a file identified in ExecStartPre does not exist, but I could > > not duplicate. > > > > I tried running this as root: > > > > NUT_STATEPATH=/var/state/ups NUT_ALTPIDPATH=/var/state/ups > > /usr/sbin/usbhid-ups -u nut -g nut -s cyberpower -x port=auto > > > > And it works. I tried it with only one or the other of the two > > environment variables, but did not work. It has to have both. > > > > =============== > > Bill Gee > > > > > > On 11/29/22 17:43, Jim Klimov wrote: > >> As recently noted in the lists, this was tracked > >> down to a Fedora 37 packaging bug: > >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi > >> <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi>?id=2127269 > >> > >> > The nut user does not have write permissions at /run. > >> Note that /run is linked as /var/run and the nut user DOES have write > >> permissions there. > >> > >> These two statements do not fit together :) Permissions on symlink > >> do not matter, only the ultimate object's rights do (root-owned > >> /run). The packaging error is that (/var)/run/nut should have been > >> used for drivers and upsd, or /var/state/ups as it should also > >> exist and be accessible to these. For a quick fix you can set > >> Environment=NUT_ALTPIDPATH=/var/state/ups for their systemd units > >> or respective custom drop-in files. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022, 14:06 Bill Gee <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Yesterday I upgraded one of my systems from Fedora 36 to Fedora > >> 37. NUT > >> was upgraded to version 2.8.0. It no longer runs. > >> > >> At first I thought it was because of the XFCE Power Manager program. > >> That program finds the UPS with no problem. I thought maybe the two > >> programs were competing for the UPS port. I shut down the XFCE power > >> manager, but that did not help NUT. > >> > >> Based on the diagnostics given below, I think this is a permissions > >> problem at /run. The nut user does not have write permissions at > /run. > >> Note that /run is linked as /var/run and the nut user DOES have write > >> permissions there. > >> > >> How can I correct this? > >> > >> ======================================= > >> [root@mythtv ups]# systemctl status nut-server > >> nut-server.service - Network UPS Tools - power devices information > >> server > >> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nut-server.service; > >> enabled; preset: disabled) > >> Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-11-29 06:18:13 CST; > >> 19min ago > >> Main PID: 11908 (upsd) > >> Tasks: 1 (limit: 9482) > >> Memory: 736.0K > >> CPU: 27ms > >> CGroup: /system.slice/nut-server.service > >> └─11908 /usr/sbin/upsd -F > >> > >> Nov 29 06:18:13 mythtv.billgee.local upsd[11908]: Can't connect to > UPS > >> [cyberpower] (usbhid-ups-cyberpower): No such fi> > >> Nov 29 06:18:13 mythtv.billgee.local nut-server[11908]: Can't > >> connect to > >> UPS [cyberpower] (usbhid-ups-cyberpower): No s> > >> Nov 29 06:18:13 mythtv.billgee.local nut-server[11908]: Running as > >> foreground process, not saving a PID file > >> Nov 29 06:18:13 mythtv.billgee.local upsd[11908]: Running as > foreground > >> process, not saving a PID file > >> Nov 29 06:23:13 mythtv.billgee.local nut-server[11908]: Can't > >> connect to > >> UPS [cyberpower] (usbhid-ups-cyberpower): No such file or directory> > >> Nov 29 06:23:13 mythtv.billgee.local upsd[11908]: Can't connect to > UPS > >> [cyberpower] (usbhid-ups-cyberpower): No such file or directory> > >> > >> [root@mythtv ups]# usbhid-ups -a cyberpower > >> Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.47 (2.8.0) > >> USB communication driver (libusb 1.0) 0.43 > >> writepid: fopen /var/run/usbhid-ups-cyberpower.pid: Permission denied > >> Using subdriver: CyberPower HID 0.6 > >> cps_adjust_battery_scale: battery readings will be scaled by 2/3 > >> > >> Fatal error: unable to create listener socket > >> > >> bind /var/run/usbhid-ups-cyberpower failed: Permission denied > >> > >> Exiting. > >> > >> [root@mythtv ups]# ll /var/run/usb* > >> ls: cannot access '/var/run/usb*': No such file or directory > >> > >> [root@mythtv ups]# ll -d /var/run > >> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 6 Aug 31 2014 /var/run -> ../run > >> > >> [root@mythtv ups]# ll -d /run > >> drwxr-xr-x 55 root root 1500 Nov 28 08:22 /run > >> > >> [root@mythtv ups]# tail /etc/ups/ups.conf > >> [cyberpower] > >> driver=usbhid-ups > >> desc="CyberPower CP1500" > >> port=auto > >> vendorid=0764 > >> ================================================== > >> > >> > >> Thanks! > >> -- =============== > >> Bill Gee > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Nut-upsuser mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser > >> < > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Nut-upsuser mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser > > > ----- End message from Bill Gee <[email protected]> ----- > > > > -- > Simon Wilson > M: 0400 12 11 16 > > > _______________________________________________ > Nut-upsuser mailing list > [email protected] > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser >
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