apcupsd vs FreeBSD-5.2.x

[Peter Risdon]

Stacey Roberts wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>    Thanks for the reply.
> 
>>Stacey Roberts wrote:
>>
>>>[snip]
>>>The other problem I've got is that with the instruction to create a soft 
>>>link 
>>>for /dev/usv, on reboot, that soft link is of course disappears, so I 
>>
>>have to
>>
>>>manually recreate that soft link again, before (again) manually starting 
>>>apcupsd from cmdline.
>>
>>You need to make an appropriate entry in devfs.conf for any 
>>customisation of /dev to persist beyond a reboot with FreeBSD 5. - 
>>something like:
>>
>>link target name
> 
> 
> Ah.., yes.., Do you mind checking my syntax, please? According to your suggestion, I'd be adding:
> 
> link /dev/cuaa1 /dev/usv
> 
> to /etc/devfs.conf, and that should be it?

No - look at the file, there are sample entries there:

# Commonly used by many ports
link    acd0    cdrom
link    cuaa0   pilot

So you'd want:

link cuaa1  usv



> 
> Whislt I'm keen to try this out, could I then ask the obvious question, 
 >is there some reason why in apcupsd.conf I am not allowed to simply 
use /dev/cuaa1?
> 

I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently familiar with this software to answer. 
But it would almost certainly be less problematic  to stick with the 
suggested link.

> Thanks again for taking the time.

My pleasure, hope it helps.

Peter.