Re:Re: flexfax: Two fax servers on the same machine. Is it possible?

[dmitri <dmitri@sternsmusic.com>]

Glenn Burkhardt wrote:

> > I need to run two fax servers on the same machine, two telephone lines, two
> > companies.If I specify different spool areas for faxgetty, ports for hfaxd?
> > Do I need to run two faxq deamons? Is it possible at all?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> >
> > Dmitri Barsoukov
> >
>
> No problem.  Just execute 'faxaddmodem' for the second modem, and it'll create
> a second FIFO device for your second modem, using the same spool directory.
> The single 'faxd' program will send jobs to either modem.
>
> The per-port config file will allow you to use separate identifiers for each
> modem (you say that 'two companies' are involved).  Look for LocalIdentifier
> and FAXNumber in the config(5) man page.  The sendfax command will allow you
> to direct jobs to particular modems, if you want.
>
> I don't think that you can run two copies of system on one machine without
> code modifications, since there is only one TCP well known port that's used
> for communications between the client programs and the server.

Thanks, Glenn

I think to run second hfaxd on different ports, and on "second company" clients to
direct jobs to a "different" host. Cleint will be communicating on the normal
ports, but with ipchains ( as both hosts are indeed the same machine with
different IP addresses) redirection I will make  "second company" clients to
communicate with newaly assigned ports.

Do you think it will work?

I'll post results when I give it a try.

All the best,


Dmitri Barsoukov