Comment 26 for bug 1634572

Hello Alec,

 From your email below I created the file as you described. Is anynyting
else required to link it in?

Thanks for your help!

Best Regards,

Cees

Op 17-1-2017 om 04:51 schreef Alek_A:
> Thanks for the idea, Charl! `/sbin/apcupsd --killpower` indeed kills the
> power when called not in shutdown sequence. Note that `/sbin/shutdown -H
> now` and `exit 99` is not necessary here as apccontrol does shutdown
> anyway.
>
> Your workaround works for me as well! Though I made some additions to
> proposed /etc/apcupsd/doshutdown script:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #
>
> # Duplicate stdout and stderr to log so we can check it later
> exec > >(tee -a /var/log/killpower.log)
> exec 2>&1
>
> # create a timestamp
> date
>
> # stop apcupsd to prevent simultaneous access to serial port (THIS IS IMPORTANT!)
> echo Stopping apcupsd
> /bin/systemctl stop apcupsd
> # just to be sure
> pkill apcupsd
>
> # stop important services to make sure they stopped before power is killed
> echo Stopping important services
> /bin/systemctl stop pacemaker
>
> echo Killing power
> /sbin/apcupsd --killpower
>
> echo Done.
> echo
>
>
> One can modify this script to his/her needs by replacing line `/bin/systemctl stop pacemaker` with what is appropriate for his/her system.
>
> Also make sure that at the point `/sbin/apcupsd --killpower` is executed
> you have enough time to shut down rest of the system. By default the
> power will be actually killed in 20 seconds after the call. You can
> check what timeout is set in your UPS with command
>
> apcaccess|grep DSHUTD
> DSHUTD : 120 Seconds
>
> As you see my UPS will kill the power in 120 seconds after
> `/sbin/apcupsd --killpower` called.
>
> To change this value you should execute `systemctl stop apcupsd`, run `apctest`, then choose '5) Program EEPROM', choose '8) Change shutdown delay', execute `systemctl start apcupsd`.
> In manual it is stated that you can also set this value in variable SLEEP in /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf, and then in apctest choose '14) Set EEPROM with conf file values' - but that DON'T work for me, probably it is a bug of apcupsd.
>