Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation]
>I haven't looked at a recent version of the Best supplied software, but
>bpowerd is better in that it is a proper daemon and uses the syslog
>correctly. Also, it communicates with sysvinit thru a direct pipe
>(/dev/initctl) rather than using messy (and standards non-compliant)
>status files in /etc.
I haven't tried bpowerd. How configurable is it? Right now, I'm using a
tricked-up version of the backupsd or apdc or whatever it was called. It
communicates with init via the status files in /etc... which I don't mind
all that much. However, one thing that I altered it to do is, when it sees
the UPS reporting a powerfail, it waits until it gets 10 full seconds of
powerfail indication before it takes any action toward scheduling a
shutdown. So a brownout or momentary power glitch won't trigger the
shutdown. Also, if the power comes back on before the shutdown, it waits
until it sees 10 full seconds of poweron indication before canceling the
shutdown.
Can bpowerd do that?
- Joe
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