Re: [Apcupsd-users] apcupsd.conf NETSERVER config bug, Windows

[Trevor R. <tr...@se...>]

Mark Foley wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:51:36 Wolfgang Stoeggl wrote:
>
>> NETSERVER should be either set to on or off.
>> If it is commented out, the default value will be used ...

> Well, that's interesting because when set to 'off', the Slave computer shows
> COMMLOST. When commented out (apparently that means 'NETSERVER on'?) the Slave
> shows 'ONLINE SLAVE'. So either way, it appears to be a bug from the way I read
> the comments:
>
> # NETSERVER [ on | off ] on enables, off disables the network
> #  information server. If netstatus is on, a network information
> #  server process will be started for serving the STATUS and
> #  EVENT data over the network (used by CGI programs).
>
> So, does this mean it should be 'on' if the host is a Master and 'off' if a
> Slave? 'on' if the host is either a Slave or Master? 'off' if the host is
> neither a Slave nor a Master (controlling Slaves)?

I have it explicitly set to on because I use the web CGI monitoring 
programs. I do not use server (master)/client (slave) configurations, so 
I can only speculate that it should be on for server (master) so that 
clients (slaves) can retrieve the necessary information from the server 
(master).

I'm not sure what configuration you are using because you do not state 
above whether you are turning it on for the server (master) or the 
client (slave), just that when off the client (slave) shows COMMLOST. Is 
this when you have it off on the sever (master)? If so, that result 
(COMMLOST) would make sense to me.

 From the man page I had a hand in writing for the UNIX and UNIX-like 
operating systems:

"NIS CONFIGURATION DIRECTIVES

NETSERVER [ on | off ]

Turns the network information server (NIS) on or off. When on, apcupsd 
serves status and event information over the network. This information 
is also used by the web-based CGI monitoring programs. The default is 
set to on."

The PDF manual section states that it should be on for the server 
(master in the old terminology) but does not explicitly state what it 
should be for the client (slave in the old terminology).

If nothing else, the "ONLINE SLAVE" status needs to be updated to the 
"new" NIS terminology of "ONLINE CLIENT".

TREV.