[Nut-upsuser] NUT fails on openSUSE 11.3 if IPv6 turned off

[Arjen de Korte]

Citeren Roger Price <roger op rogerprice.org>:

> But if only ::1 is commented out
>
>   # /etc/ups/upsd.conf
>   # LISTEN <address> [<port>]
>   LISTEN 127.0.0.1 3493
>   # LISTEN ::1 3493
>
> then NUT only listens to 127.0.0.1 (openSUSE 11.3)
>
> Nov 10 09:34:24 glacon usbhid-ups[4282]: Startup successful
> Nov 10 09:34:24 glacon upsd[4285]: listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493
> Nov 10 09:34:24 glacon upsd[4285]: Connected to UPS [Eaton-66781]:  
> usbhid-ups-Eaton-66781
> Nov 10 09:34:24 glacon upsd[4286]: Startup successful
> Nov 10 09:34:24 glacon upsmon[4289]: Startup successful
> Nov 10 09:34:24 glacon upsd[4286]: User upsmaster op 127.0.0.1 logged  
> into UPS [Eaton-66781]
>
> This fixes my problem with openSUSE 11.3.  Is this how it should work?

Yes. Only if no LISTEN addresses are specified in 'upsd.conf', the  
compiled in defaults are used. As soon as you specify one or more  
LISTEN directives, it will only listen to the specified addresses.

Best regards, Arjen
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