'\" t .\" Title: hosts.conf .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 .\" Date: 03/02/2016 .\" Manual: NUT Manual .\" Source: Network UPS Tools 2.7.3.1 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "HOSTS\&.CONF" "5" "03/02/2016" "Network UPS Tools 2\&.7\&.3\&." "NUT Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" hosts.conf \- Access control for Network UPS Tools CGI programs .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp The CGI programs (\fBupsset.cgi\fR(8), \fBupsstats.cgi\fR(8), \fBupsimage.cgi\fR(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\&. .SH "DIRECTIVES" .PP \fBMONITOR\fR \fIups\fR \fIdescription\fR .RS 4 The \fIups\fR element is in the form upsname[@hostname[:port]]\&. To allow connections to a UPS called "snoopy" on a system called "doghouse" that runs upsd on port 7877, it would look like this: .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf MONITOR snoopy@doghouse:7877 "Joe Cool" .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .sp The description must be one element, so if it has spaces, then it must be wrapped with quotes as shown above\&. The default hostname is "localhost"\&. .RE .SH "SEE ALSO" .sp \fBupsset.cgi\fR(8), \fBupsstats.cgi\fR(8), \fBupsimage.cgi\fR(8) .SS "Internet resources:" .sp The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www\&.networkupstools\&.org/