On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 08:18:12 -0400 Charles Lepple <[email protected]> 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 users using one PC (rather than servers), or will something > > not work right if I reread and turn off USBD? > > > I think Alexander explained upsd well, but here's some additional > history and explanation. Thanks... and I did mean UPSD > 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 instructions I read said to set up that port in NUT configuration, but I would rather not set that. _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
