On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 04:56:20PM -0500, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Anyone else around using apcupsd? I seem to be seeing a problem, and I'd
Yes
like someone to check me on it: I edit /etc/apcupsd/apccontrol to replace the value of SHUTDOWN from /sbin/shutdown to /bin/false (we don't want 3 or 6 servers shutting down over a 2 second or so blip, which it really wants to do).
It wouldn't normally do that, until the battery is almost drained.
Taken from apcupsd.conf: # If during a power failure, the remaining battery percentage # (as reported by the UPS) is below or equal to BATTERYLEVEL, # apcupsd will initiate a system shutdown. BATTERYLEVEL 5
# If during a power failure, the remaining runtime in minutes # (as calculated internally by the UPS) is below or equal to MINUTES, # apcupsd, will initiate a system shutdown. MINUTES 3
Basically, systems shouldn't shutdown with a '2 second blip' unless your battery is dead.
it, I found that the config file was set to the original code... and I
apccontrol isn't flagged as a config file in the rpm
......... /etc/apcupsd/apccontrol ......... c /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf ......... c /etc/apcupsd/changeme ......... c /etc/apcupsd/commfailure ......... c /etc/apcupsd/commok ......... c /etc/apcupsd/offbattery ......... c /etc/apcupsd/onbattery ......... c /etc/logrotate.d/apcupsd
Has anyone seen this behavior?
The script says
# WARNING: the apccontrol file will be overwritten every time you update your # apcupsd, doing `make install'. Your own customized scripts will _not_ be # overwritten. If you wish to make changes to this file (discouraged), you # should change apccontrol.sh.in and then rerun the configure process.
If you can't change apcupsd.conf config to meet your needs then _don't_ change apccontrol; add a custom script that does an "exit 99" to prevent the shutdown from running.