[Nut-upsuser] This guy must be an idiot

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 05/30/2009 06:09 AM, Leslie Rhorer wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Charles Lepple [mailto:clepple at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 9:59 PM
>> To: lrhorer at satx.rr.com
>> Cc: NUT List
>> Subject: Re: [Nut-upsuser] This guy must be an idiot
>>
>> What do the /etc/default/nut files look like on both systems?
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>
> Yah, hello!  I think you've found it.  START_UPSD and START_UPSMON are both
> set to "no" on the faulty machine.  For the life of me I cannot remember
> ever editing this file on the working machine, though, so unless my memory
> is just totally shot (a distinct possibility!), how is it the faulty machine
> has these set to "no", and why would the distro do that in the first place?
>   
I have no idea about the debian policy, but in fedora the default for 
all but "very mandatory" services is to install them in the "do not 
start by default"  mode. Thus an admin MUST verify the config [, tune as 
needed if needed] and modify the service to turn it on by default.
Speaking about nut, since an admin must select at least the driver and 
connection mode to be used, the approach of not starting by default 
looks valid to me.