[Nut-upsuser] /var/run/nut directory not created on CentOS 7.2 with systemd

[Mark Hansen]

On 12/25/2016 9:25 AM, Larry Fahnoe wrote:
> My environment is a little different, but I'm seeing at least the client
> working without issue on CentOS 7.
>
> On CentOS 7.2 I also used the epel repository and installed nut-client;
> currently nut-client-2.7.2-3.el7.x86_64   The only configuration change was
> to update the /etc/ups/upsmon.conf file with the appropriate MONITOR
> statement.  Other than that, normal enabling and starting the service was
> sufficient to have it work properly.  The CentOS systems are installed from
> the minimal image and have a small set of KVM virtualization packages
> installed.  In my environment, the nut server runs on a Raspberry Pi, so
> only the client is needed on the other systems.
>
> --Larry

Thanks Larry. I'm not sure what's different with my system then. I've installed
both "nut" and "nut-client" (as shown below). The service that is failing to
start is "nut-server.service". If you're not running that, then that is probably
why you're not seeing this problem.

I think one of the NUT configuration/control files is supposed to create this
directory when it starts, but that's not happening. Is it possible this is a bug
in the NUT package on CentOS?

Thanks,

>
> On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Mark Hansen <meh at winfirst.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm configuring the NUT package which comes with CentOS 7.X:
>>
>> nut.x86_64                              2.7.2-3.el7
>> @epel
>> nut-client.x86_64                       2.7.2-3.el7
>> @epel
>>
>> I've configured NUT based on the instructions found on this page:
>>
>> https://www.luzem.com/2015/01/25/install-ups-in-centos-7/
>>
>> which worked, except for one problem. When starting the services
>> (nut-server, nut-monitor)
>> the /var/run/nut directory is not created, and so the service fails to
>> start.
>>
>> If I create the directory manually, using the following commands, I can
>> get the services
>> to start, but upon re-boot, the directory is gone and the services fail to
>> start again:
>>
>> mkdir /var/run/nut
>> chown root:nut /var/run/nut
>> chmod 770 /var/run/nut
>> restorecon -v /var/run/nut
>>
>> I searched and it seems the issue is that /var/run is on a temporary
>> filesystem, so stuff
>> created there do not survive a reboot.
>>
>> To work around the problem, I've created a start-up script
>> (/usr/local/sbin/rc.local) and
>> create the directory there. This seems to work, but I'm thinking there is
>> something wrong
>> or missing in my configuration.
>>
>> What is the correct fix?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
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