Re: flexfax: "cannot open user access file /etc/hosts"

["Schütz Susanne Dipl.Ing." <susanne.schuetz@schenker.at>]

Thanks a lot! That was the problem! 
> Date:          Thu, 12 Nov 1998 09:00:07 +0000
> From:          Damian Ivereigh <damian@cisco.com>
> Organization:  Cisco Systems Inc
> To:            "Schütz Susanne Dipl.Ing." <susanne.schuetz@schenker.at>
> Cc:            flexfax@sgi.com
> Subject:       Re: flexfax: "cannot open user access file /etc/hosts"

> I think that fax & uucp have to have the same uid & gid.
> 
> Damian
> 
> Schütz Susanne Dipl.Ing. wrote:
> > 
> > I´m using SUSE Linux 5.1 and the HylaFAX suite coming with it.
> > 
> > I installed the hylafax package, ran faxsetup and faxaddmodem.
> > 
> > Then, if I calles faxstat, the reply was:
> > 
> > Login failed: 550 Cannot set privileges.
> > 
> > The owner of the file /etc/hosts in /var/spool/fax was uucp, so I
> > changed it to fax. The mode of the file is 600. Now I get the message
> > 
> > Login failed: 530 User root access denied.
> > 
> > In /var/spool/messages there appear the lines:
> > 
> > Unable to open the user access file /etc/hosts: Permission denied
> > HylaFAX LOGIN REFUSED (user denied) FROM localhost [127.0.0.1], root
> > 
> > If I try to set the mode of /var/spool/fax/etc/hosts to 666, then the
> > server refuses, because the mode isn´t 600. SO I think, the server
> > uses the right file.  I didn´t change anything in the config-files.
> > 
> > Can anyone help me?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > mit freundlichen Grüßen
> > 
> > Dipl.Ing. Susanne Schütz
> > Leiter EDV
> > Schenker & Co AG Wien
> 
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mit freundlichen Grüßen

Dipl.Ing. Susanne Schütz
Leiter EDV
Schenker & Co AG Wien