Re: flexfax: docq and partitions

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu>]

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On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Carl Patten wrote:

> Due to ongoing space issues on my fax server, I tried replacing the
> spool/docq directory with a link to a docq directory on a different
> partition.  I was very careful to keep the same owner, group and permissions
> on the target directory.  However, HylaFax refused to spool to the new
> directory, saying "could not find docq/seqf".  "seqf" exists in the new
> directory; I copied it all over and verified permissions.  Am I hitting some
> kind of security barrier?
> 
> On a more general note, how are the rest of you handling the spool directory
> for large-volume fax servers?

Symbolic links break when a program does a "chroot" for security
reasons.  Also, wending one's way successfully through symbolic links
is a bloody artform.

I, personally, installed and compiled it in "/usr/local" on my partition
for larger locally installed software.

			Nico Kadel-Garcia
			Senior Engineer, CIRL 
			Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
			raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu

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