Subject: Re: UPS control software?
To: Takahiro Kambe <taca@back-street.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/24/2003 22:15:26
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 11:07:33PM +0900, Takahiro Kambe wrote:
> In message <20030924135215.CDC357B44@berkshire.research.att.com>
> 	on Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:52:15 -0400,
> 	Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com> wrote:
> > a security advisory against it, bkpupsd requires kernel changes, and
> bkpupsd dosen't always require kernel changes and it depends on the
> specification of UPS.
> 
> If bkpupsd require kernel changes to control the UPS, other UPS
> control software also needs some change to kernel for power-off UPS
> gracefully.

Hum, why ? apcupsd can power off gracefully, without kernel changes

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