APC UPS control system - Manual (Page 61)

Logging Test
Once you have established that the proper processes are running, do a tail
of the system log file, normally /var/log/messages:
tail /var/log/messages
You should see output that looks similar to the following:
Dec 5 17:01:05 matou apcupsd[5917]: apcupsd 3.7.2
startup succeeded
And if you have configured the network information server, you should also
see:
Dec 5 17:01:05 polymatou apcupsd[5975]: apcserver
startup succeeded
These messages should also appear in the temporary file
(/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.events) if you are using the default configu-
ration file.
If you have installed the RPM, they will probably be in
/var/log/apcupsd.events.
apcaccess Test
This test consists of running apcaccess to see if apcupsd is properly updat-
ing its internal variables. Please note that if you are running a pthreaded
version of apcupsd, which you should be since the non-pthreaded version
is no longer supported, (installed from rpm or --enable-pthreads on
the ./configure line), you must enable the apcupsd Network Information
Server in your configuration file for apcaccess to work. This is done by
setting:
NETSERVER on
NISPORT 3551
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