Re: flexfax: accessing recvq directory

[Tom <tom@uniserve.com>]

On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Alan Sparks wrote:

> You might want to try making sure that HylaFAX saves the faxes with a
> permission that can be read by others... note that the display shows
> that only the owner (root) can read the files.

  But what display matters?  faxstat -r says they are owned by root, but
"dir" while logged in as anonymous says they are owned by anonymous?

  Also, how do fax userids relate to UNIX userids?  Because in reality,
the faxes are owned by "fax", and hfaxd runs as the user "fax".

> Try putting a line like:
> RecvFileMode:	0644
> 
> in your spool/etc/config file and restart the faxq daemon.  New faxes
> should be more accessible.  You'll need to manually reset the
> permissions on the existing fax files for other-read.
> 
> -Alan
> 
> 
> 
> Tom wrote:
> > 
> >   I'm having difficulty accessing faxes in recvq via hfaxd.  I can see the
> > faxes:
> > 
> > test1# faxstat -r
> > HylaFAX scheduler on test1.office: Running
> > Modem cuaa1 (+1.604.856.7796): Running and idle
> > 
> > Protect Page  Owner        Sender/TSI  Recvd@ Filename
> > -rw----    1  root            8567685 Wed04PM fax00005.tif
> > -rw----    2  root            8567685 Tue06PM fax00004.tif
> > -rw----    1  root            8567685 Wed04PM fax00006.tif
> > -rw----    1  root            8567685 Wed04PM fax00007.tif
> > -rw----    1  root            8567796 Wed04PM fax00008.tif
> > -rw----    1  root            8567796 Wed04PM fax00009.tif
> > -rw----    1  root         6048567796 Wed05PM fax00010.tif
> > -rw----    1  root            8567796 Wed05PM fax00011.tif
> > -rw----    1  root            8567796 Wed05PM fax00012.tif
> > -rw----    1  root            8567796 Wed05PM fax00013.tif
> > -rw----    1  root            8567796 Wed06PM fax00014.tif
> > test1#
> > 
> >   But I can't access them via FTP to 4559:
> > 
> > test1# ftp localhost 4559
> > Connected to localhost.
> > 220 test1.office.uniserve.ca server (HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.0pl2) ready.
> > Name (localhost:tom): anonymous
> > 230 User anonymous logged in.
> > Remote system type is UNIX.
> > Using binary mode to transfer files.
> > ftp> cd recvq
> > 250 CWD command successful.
> > ftp> dir
> > 200 PORT command successful.
> > 150 Opening new data connection for ".".
> > -rw----    1  anonymou        8567685 Wed04PM fax00005.tif
> > -rw----    2  anonymou        8567685 Tue06PM fax00004.tif
> > -rw----    1  anonymou        8567685 Wed04PM fax00006.tif
> > -rw----    1  anonymou        8567685 Wed04PM fax00007.tif
> > -rw----    1  anonymou        8567796 Wed04PM fax00008.tif
> > -rw----    1  anonymou        8567796 Wed04PM fax00009.tif
> > -rw----    1  anonymou     6048567796 Wed05PM fax00010.tif
> > -rw----    1  anonymou        8567796 Wed05PM fax00011.tif
> > -rw----    1  anonymou        8567796 Wed05PM fax00012.tif
> > -rw----    1  anonymou        8567796 Wed05PM fax00013.tif
> > -rw----    1  anonymou        8567796 Wed06PM fax00014.tif
> > 226 Transfer complete.
> > ftp> get fax00014.tif
> > local: fax00014.tif remote: fax00014.tif
> > 200 PORT command successful.
> > 550 fax00014.tif: Operation not permitted.
> > ftp>
> > 
> >   As you can see, I get a "550 fax00014.tif: Operation not permitted."
> > response from hfaxd.
> > 
> >   etc/hosts has the following:
> > 
> > localhost:68::
> > 
> >   I used a uid of 68, because that is what received FAXes seem to be
> > stored at.  No mention in manuals about id received FAXes might be stored
> > as...
> > 
> >   So, how might I get at the FAXes?
> > 
> > Tom
> 
> 

Tom