[Nut-upsuser] config file locations

[Gene Heskett]

Greetings;

I found  pdf user manual which explains a few things that might help.

However, for a ubuntu flavor, the various .conf etc files seem to be in 
/etc/nut.

But this pdf says they are in /usr/local/ups/etc, and yes indeed there are 
some there, with the .sample files being owned by root, and the rest are 
user 503, whoever he may be.

Are these just a sample storage in case one needs to start from square #0 
again?  Or what?

Then on down the page it says it should start by using upsdrvctl start, I 
get
sudo upsdrvctl start
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.3
Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.34 (2.4.3)
USB communication driver 0.31
Using subdriver: Belkin HID 0.12
                                                                               
Broadcast Message from gene at coyote                                             
        (somewhere) at 19:16 ...                                               
                                                                               
Communications with UPS myups at localhost established                            
                                                                               

                                                                               
Broadcast Message from gene at coyote                                             
        (somewhere) at 19:16 ...                                               
                                                                               
Communications with UPS myups at localhost established                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
Broadcast Message from gene at coyote                                             
        (somewhere) at 19:16 ...                                               
                                                                               
Communications with UPS myups at localhost established

But why do I get 3 of them?

So I go thru htop, after issueing stops to upsdrvctl and nut, then restart 
the driver, then nut, and now my log is being spammed by:
Oct 18 19:25:51 coyote kernel: [117004.485575] usb 1-10: usbfs: process 
29641 (usbhid-ups) did not claim interface 0 before use
Oct 18 19:25:54 coyote kernel: [117007.499806] usb 1-10: usbfs: process 
29668 (usbhid-ups) did not claim interface 0 before use
Oct 18 19:25:54 coyote kernel: [117007.499850] usb 1-10: usbfs: process 
29668 (usbhid-ups) did not claim interface 0 before use
about 1/second.

Issueing the stop commands, I am told:
Can't open /var/run/nut/usbhid-ups-3493.pid: No such file or directory
by upsdvrctl.  And it leaves usbhid-*** running and I have to kill it as 
root.

So whats next?  I don't seem to be getting very far in this maze.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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