[Nut-upsuser] upsset.conf : Restriction directives need updating

[Jim Klimov]

Thanks, I'll post an update :)

Jim

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 10:37 PM Phil Stracchino via Nut-upsuser <
nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote:

> The good news:
> While gathering information for this post, I solved the ORIGINAL problem
> I was going to post about, which was figuring out how to change the
> low-battery limit on my CyberPower PR3000LCDRTXL2U UPS with expansion
> chassis.  With three battery packs, the default 20% is absurd.
>
>
> However, during the course of finally getting around to getting
> upsdet.cgi working, I found the security advice in upsset.conf to be
> highly outdated.
>
> upsset.conf gives the following access restriction syntax ...
>
> #       <Files upsset.cgi>
> #       deny from all
> #       allow from your.network.addresses
> #       </Files>
>
> This syntax is long obsolete, at least in Apache.  It should currently
> be done in a fashion generally similar to this:
>
>
>      ScriptAlias /upsstats.cgi /usr/share/nut/cgi/upsstats.cgi
>      ScriptAlias /upsset.cgi /usr/share/nut/cgi/upsset.cgi
>
>      <Directory "/usr/share/nut/cgi">
>          Options +Includes +ExecCGI
>          AllowOverride Limit
>          <RequireAny>
>              Require local
>              Require ip aa.bb.cc.dd/nn
>          </RequireAny>
>      </Directory>
>
>
>
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