[Nut-upsuser] POWERDOWNFLAG (/etc/killpower) does not contain the

[Peter Selinger]

Pino Mauro wrote:
> 
> Hi to all, i install nut and it's work perfectly but when i start
> upsmon i recive the message: POWERDOWNFLAG (/etc/killpower) does not
> contain the upsmon magic string
> 
> ...
>  My killpower scrit in /etc/killpower contain:
>  
>  #!/bin/bash
>  
>  if (test -f /etc/killpower)
>     then
>          echo "Killing the power, bye!"
>          /sbin/upsdrvctl shutdown
>  
>          sleep 120
>  
>          # uh oh... the UPS poweroff failed!
>          # you probably should reboot here to avoid getting stuck
>          # *** see the section on power races below ***
>  fi
>  
>  
>  Where is the problem! What's the upsmon magic string?
>  Help me please!

Hi Pino,

you are not supposed to put that script in /etc/killpower, but in your
system's shutdown scripts. You should *not* create a file called
/etc/killpower; that file is used by upsmon for internal purposes. 

The location of your shutdown scripts depends on your operating
system; it could be something like /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt 

-- Peter