Shutdown Script?

[Mark McCulligh]

Rick Stevens wrote:

> Mark McCulligh wrote:
>
>> Thanks Rick for your help. It is exactly what I was looking for.
>>
>> For all I have to do is create the file /etc/sysconfig/ups to declare 
>> the variables server=yes and model=upsdrvctl.
>
>
> I'm not that familiar with nut, but if the program to control the UPS
> under nut is upsdrvctl, then yes, that's what you do.
>
>> Than change where the halt script looks for the nut files. It is 
>> installed in /usr/local/ups, not /etc/ups. I assume if I installed 
>> nut using the rpm version it would have been install at /etc/ups.
>
>
> Rather than bugger the script, why not set up a symbolic link in /etc to
> point at your nut data:
>
>     [root at hostname root]# ln -s /usr/local/ups /etc/ups
>
> That way you leave the script alone but still get the data you need.

Thanks for the idea, much better way of doing it.
I don't like changing a script if I don't have to.

>
>> Thanks again, now to see if it works.
>
>
> No problem.  By the way, we prefer bottom posting on this list.
>
>> Rick Stevens wrote:
>>
>>> Mark McCulligh wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Group,
>>>>
>>>> I have just setup nut on my computer to manage my UPS.  I have to 
>>>> add a couple lines of code to my shutdown script to power off my 
>>>> UPS.  Is there a master shutdown script I should add these lines 
>>>> too or create a new script and add it to init.d?
>>>>
>>>> I don't want to get this wrong and turn of the UPS at the wrong time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The system runs /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt as the last thing, so any 
>>> commands
>>> really belong there.  If you examine that script, you'll see that it
>>> tries to do some UPS management itself, based on the presence of 
>>> several
>>> files (/etc/ups/upsmon.conf, /etc/killpower and /etc/sysconfig/ups) and
>>> uses variables set in /etc/sysconfig/ups.
>>>
>>> If $SERVER is "yes" AND "$MODEL" is "upsdrvctl", then it runs upsdrvctl
>>> and passes it the "shutdown" option:
>>>
>>>     /sbin/upsdrvctl shutdown
>>>
>>> If "$SERVER" is "yes", "$MODEL" is not null AND not equal to "NONE" AND
>>> "$DEVICE" is not null, then it runs the program given in "$MODEL"
>>> against "$DEVICE" and hands it the options specified in "$OPTIONS_HALT"
>>> thusly:
>>>
>>>     $MODEL $OPTIONS_HALT -k $DEVICE
>>>
>>> Examine the script starting at around line 221 or so (in the FC4
>>> version) to see what I'm talking about.  If none of this suits your
>>> needs, add what you need somewhere in that section of the script or 
>>> call
>>> one of your own:
>>>
>>>     if [ "$SERVER" = "yes" -a "$MODEL" = "yourdevicename" ]; then
>>>         /usr/local/your-shutdown-script
>>>     fi
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
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Thanks,
Mark.