I have apcupsd installed and happy...
The only problem is that it doesn't really seem to start at boot, although
it has put itself into /etd/rc.d (or equivalent).

The server the apcupsd should be running on is using SuSE 9.1
I am now logged in wish SSH, having just restarted.
If my Dad pulls the power cable out of the UPS, it goes on battery mode
and that's it. We put the cable back in.

I now su and say: 'apcupsd', and my dad pulls the cable again,
now I geta system message saying that the power has failed and
we're on bacup batteries.

How do I get the system to type 'apcusd' each time?

Thanks,
Riddick

Did you include the full path to the command?

I'm not real familar with SuSE but Rehat/Fedora the last init file to run is rc.local which is where I would run the command from.

right:
The path the initiation files that doesn't seem to be having any effect is in:
/etc/init.d (which is linked with rc.d) /apcupsd

Is there a way to check I've configured the program correctly...
maybe it isn't starting because it fails...

Thanks
Riddick

Solved:
As root run crontab -e and set apcupsd to 'on'.

Can't believe noone knew this...