Logging Test

Once you have established that the proper processes are running, do a tail of the system log file, normally /var/log/messages:

tail /var/log/messages

You should see output that looks similar to the following:

Dec 5 17:01:05 matou apcupsd[5917]: apcupsd 3.7.2 startup succeeded

And if you have configured the network information server, you should also see:

Dec 5 17:01:05 polymatou apcupsd[5975]: apcserver startup succeeded

These messages should also appear in the temporary file (/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.events) if you are using the default configu- ration file. If you have installed the RPM, they will probably be in /var/log/apcupsd.events.

apcaccess Test

This test consists of running apcaccess to see if apcupsd is properly updat- ing its internal variables. Please note that if you are running a pthreaded version of apcupsd, which you should be since the non-pthreaded version is no longer supported, (installed from rpm or --enable-pthreads on the ./configure line), you must enable the apcupsd Network Information Server in your configuration file for apcaccess to work. This is done by setting:

NETSERVER on

NISPORT 3551

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APC UPS control system manual Logging Test, Apcaccess Test, You should see output that looks similar to the following
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