[Bug 222761] [NEW] upsd doesn't start NOT 221737

[Wayne Steenburg]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: nut

First off /etc/default/nut is fine.

After boot upsd is not started:

wayne at server:~$ ps -A |grep ups
 5077 ?        00:00:00 cupsd
 5467 ?        00:00:00 upsmon
 5468 ?        00:00:00 upsmon

I believe this is why:

wayne at server:~$ sudo upsdrvctl start
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.1-
Network UPS Tools -  CyberPower text protocol UPS driver .05 (2.2.1-)
Warning: This is an experimental driver.
Some features may not function correctly.
Can't chdir to /var/run/nut: Permission denied
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)

Permissions for /var/run/nut:

wayne at server:~$ ls -l /var/run
drwxrwx--- 2 root       nut          60 2008-04-26 16:47 nut

I "chown"'ed to nut and all was well but the owner was reset on reboot.
The permanent solution I found was to add the nut user to the nut group.
Apparently the package install script does not do that.  It probably could/should
be the default behavior.

Similar/same problem can be found here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=589513 and elsewhere

Info:
nut package version: 2.2.1-2.1ubuntu7

$ lsb_release -ra
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy

nut 2.2.1-2.1ubuntu7 (source) in ubuntu hardy

** Affects: nut (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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upsd doesn't start NOT 221737
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222761
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