APC UPS: Warning Old Configuration File Found

I have a APC UPS hooked up to a computer running Unbuntu 20.04.3. I am trying to test the UPS to make sure it works properly but when I run the commands apctest and apcupsd, I get the below returns. Do I need to make some sort of update or was it configured improperly?

apctest Return

Could not create apctest.output: Permission denied

2021-11-07 17:22:40 Could not create apctest.output: Permission denied

apctest 3.14.14 (31 May 2016) debian

Could not create apctest.output: Permission denied

Checking configuration ...

Could not create apctest.output: Permission denied

: Warning: old configuration file found.

: Expected: "## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##"

: Found: "

"

: Please check new file format and

: modify accordingly the first line

: of config file.

: Processing config file anyway.

sharenet.type = Network & ShareUPS Disabled

Could not create apctest.output: Permission denied

cable.type = USB Cable

Could not create apctest.output: Permission denied

mode.type = USB UPS Driver

Could not create apctest.output: Permission denied

apctest FATAL ERROR in apctest.c at line 311

Unable to create UPS lock file.

If apcupsd or apctest is already running,

please stop it and run this program again.

Could not create apctest.output: Permission denied

apctest error termination completed

Could not create apctest.output: Permission denied

apcupsd Return

apcupsd: Warning: old configuration file found.

apcupsd: Expected: "## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##"

apcupsd: Found: "

"

apcupsd: Please check new file format and

apcupsd: modify accordingly the first line

apcupsd: of config file.

apcupsd: Processing config file anyway.

• Check the settings of UPSCABLE and UPSTYPE in /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf, and they should probably be "usb". Check that DEVICE is commented out, like "#DEVICE /dev/ttyS0"

• Check the setting in /etc/default/apcupsd, and it should be "ISCONFIGURED=yes"

• Uninstall apcupsd with sudo apt-get purge apcupsd

• Confirm that all files in /etc/apcupsd are gone

• Reinstall apcupsd with sudo apt update and sudo apt install apcupsd

• Configure /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf and /etc/default/apcupsd using the settings that you checked earlier

• sudo systemctl stop apcupsd

• sudo apctest

• sudo systemctl start apcupsd

• systemctl status apcupsd

• grep -i apcupsd /var/log/syslog