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Re: password and port problems
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On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, VIJAY K SOMANCHI wrote:
> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:08:51 +0530
> From: VIJAY K SOMANCHI <vijay@vol.net.in>
> To: flexfax@sgi.com
> Subject: flexfax: password and port problems
>
> I've loaded Hylafax on a linux machine with the client as whfc
> downloaded from www.transcom.de/whfc/download.However when i try to
> connect to the afx server from windows machine i get a message saying
> could not connect to the server , connection reset by peer.
> I also have an another problem ,during installion of the fax server
> using Faxsetup program it creates a uucp user called fax. When i change
> the password of the user:fax and again i try to login from windows 95
> it doesn't get connected.
What in the??? That uucp user should not *HAVE* a password: it's password
field should be locked to prevent anyone using it directly.
You need to look into the hylafax "hosts" manual page, recently renamed
"hosts.hfaxd", in order to understand how to authorize remote machines
for access to your HylaFAX server.
Nico Kadel-Garcia
Senior Engineer, CIRL
Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu
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