PowerChute PE shutting down an Xserve (OS X Server 10.3.x)

[theboyk_apc]

This was originally posted on APC forums on 3/10/2009

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I'm wondering if anyone could tell me the process of PowerChute PE shutting down a system (in my case an Apple Xserve G5 running OS X Server 10.3.x)? I'm curious as to what happens in regards to how it quits applications, unmounts hard drives, etc.?
Thanks,
Kristin.

[BillP · Accepted solution]

This reply was originally posted by Angela on APC forums on 3/12/2009

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hi kristin,

here is the information i was able to find for you, hope it helps..

Shutdown:_ The OS shutdown performed by this application is an emergency shutdown. No applications are closed and no application data is saved. On restart some applications may report a warning. This is expected behavior.

Prior to shutdown, PowerChute Personal Edition looks for an executable file with the following pathname:
*/etc/comapcpcpe/PowerChute.pre_shutdown*

This file is optional, and is not present by default. Most users will never need to create this file or the directory, as PowerChute Personal Edition does not require this file in order to shut down. The only reason you might want to create this file is if some application has special pre-shutdown needs. The file and directory can only be created by a user with root access.

Please note that this runs as a root process, so the application launched will run with root privileges. The "/etc" directory is generally write protected to non-administrators. APC recommends that you verify the protection on this folder. You will need to create the "/etc/comapcpcpe" folder, and manually add the file named "PowerChute.pre_shutdown", as the install does not create this file.