HOSTS.CONF

HOSTS.CONF

NAME DESCRIPTION DIRECTIVES SEE ALSO

NAME

hosts.conf - Access control for Network UPS Tools CGI programs

DESCRIPTION

The CGI programs (upsset.cgi(8), multimon.cgi(8), __upsstats.cgi__(8)?, __upsimage.cgi(8)?__) use this file to determine if they are allowed to talk to a host. This keeps random visitors from using your web server to annoy others by creating outgoing connections.

DIRECTIVES

MONITOR ups description

The ups element is in the form ''

MONITOR snoopy@doghouse:7877

The description must be one element, so if it has spaces, then it must be wrapped with quotes as shown above.

SEE ALSO

multimon.cgi(8), __upsset.cgi__(8)?, upsstats.cgi(8), __upsimage.cgi__(8)?

Internet resources:

The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.exploits.org/nut/

NUT mailing list archives and information: http://lists.exploits.org/