[Nut-upsuser] FreeBSD usbhid-ups problem

Arjen de Korte nut+users at de-korte.org
Sat Aug 23 08:47:37 UTC 2008


>> Are the 'usbhid-ups' (driver) and 'upsd' (server) also running as
>> 'nutmon'? We recommend that they run as a different user than the
>> 'upsmon' (client).
>
> They are running as the same user.. It shouldn't stop it working though,
> right?

No, it's just a matter of securing things. There is a (small) benefit in
running them as different users.

What was the result after running the driver as root (add '-u root' to the
'upsdrvctl' commandline)?

Best regards, Arjen




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