Apcupsd Cannot create /var/spool/lock/LCK.. serial port lock file: ERR=No such

[nzkiwi68]

Hi.

I'm running pfsense V2.1.1, nanobsd on an Alix PC and I have a modern APC 1000VA UPS with usb and serial.

I installed the available apcupsd package which is V3.14.10 (incidentally, I notice on http://www.apcupsd.org/ that V3.14.12 is the latest)

The apcupsd daemon will not start. The system log reports:

Cannot create /var/spool/lock/LCK serial port lock file: ERR=No such file or directory

After some mucking around, I discovered the /var/spool/ directory does not exist on the nanobsd and pfsense build.

As a work around, I have done this:
opened: /usr/pbi/apcupsd-i386/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf
and changed the line:
  LOCKFILE /var/spool/lock
changed to:
  LOCKFILE /var/tmp

However, after each reboot, my temporary changes are lost.

Suggested fix:

• The package installer needs to be updated to V3.14.12

• Alter the package to installer to check for the existence of the folder /var/spool/lock and if the folder doesn't exist, create it during the installation process

Many thanks.

Steven.

[josh4trunks]

I am also experiencing this. In my case I enabled RAM disks for /tmp and /var, this may be contributing to the missing folders.

[dbaio]

Hi.

There is an update for fix this.

• fix lock file when using usb devices
• add lockfile option

Also, we are expecting the upgrade to 3.14.12 on FreeBSD ports, so we can update here on pfSense.

Best Regards.