Prevent UPS service from auto starting

[m0vts]

Hi All,

I recently put a UPS on my freenas box so I set the UPS service to start automatically at boot and then started it manually. Freenas did a shutdown and will now automatically shut down every time when booted up.

On bootup I can see where it starts the UPS service but as soon as it does this it breifly shows an error and performs a safe shut down like if there was a power failure. I have tried with the UPS USB lead connected and disconnected.

Is there any way I can make changes to stop the service starting automatically?

Note - I just want to stop the service starting automatically, There is no need for full automatic shutdown.

I have access to the USB drives with freenas installed, KVM access, serial and network.

Freenas 11.1U7 on Dell Optiplex 990
UPS - APC Smart-ups 1000
USB connection, no NMC

 

[Redcoat]

Is there any way I can make changes to stop the service starting automatically?

Unclick the "Start Automatically" box on the UPS line on the Services page,

 

[m0vts]

Unclick the "Start Automatically" box on the UPS line on the Services page,

Unfortunatly I can't get that far, the GUI doesn't come up before the shutdown. Is there any way it can be done with a serial console or editing a file on the USB stick?

 

[Redcoat]

Oh, yes, now I see the issue, missed it on first read.

During boot I think you can select option 6 to find a previous boot environment. I just tried it here through IPMI on my backup NAS but my keystroke wasn't recognized for some reason, so I cannot presently confirm.

 

[sretalla]

midclt call service.update ups '{"enable": false}'

 

[m0vts]

midclt call service.update ups '{"enable": false}'

Thanks, any idea where I need to type this? I can't get to the shell as the machine shuts down before I can get to it.

 

[sretalla]

any idea where I need to type this? I can't get to the shell as the machine shuts down before I can get to it.

Well, if there's no shell, there's no hope for that option. You're going to need to reinstall and re-create your config or somehow get the database off and manipulate it (not documented).

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Well, if there's no shell, there's no hope for that option. You're going to need to reinstall and re-create your config or somehow get the database off and manipulate it (not documented).

What about booting single user or mounting the boot pool on a different system and doing the equivalent of:

Code:

cd /usr/local/sbin
mv upsd upsd.bak