Re: flexfax: hfaxd: Operation not permitted

[iain@iainstevenson.com (Iain Stevenson)]

Two things to check:

- permissions in the hfaxd hosts file
- permissions for whatever client you're using to access hfaxd

I have had problems like yours which boiled down to configuration of the client application.  However, I've also found that hfaxd behaves differently with different varieties of client eg a browser or an ftp client.  It may simply be that there's a bug in Hylafax!

  Iain Stevenson




On Mon, Jan 24, 2000, 3:51:29 pm GMT Louis Bertrand wrote:


>Hello all,
>
>I can't seem to retrieve faxes via hfaxd from another host. I get
>"Operation not permitted".  The faxes arrive correctly and get stored in
>the recvq (I pulled them out manually and looked at them). Host "grendel"
>(OpenBSD 2.6) is the client, and "freebie" (OpenBSD 2.5) is the fax
>server.
>
>I'm looking for clues to probe deeper (diagnostics/logs/traces) to find
>the snag.
>
>Version: HylaFAX 4.0pl2 built with gcc 2.8.6 on i386.
>
>I launch hfaxd with:
> /usr/local/sbin/hfaxd -i 4559
>It appears to be listening correctly (test with telnet to 4559).
>Do I have to kill and relaunch hfaxd whenever I edit etc/hosts?
>
>I have set all the bits in "ServerTracing" in etc/config (decimal 511)
>but I don't seem to be generating any unusual messages (I'll get notes
>about CWD failing if I haven't logged in, but nothing relevant to
>"Operation not permitted).
>
>The hosts file (etc/hosts) is mode 600.  I've tried at various time the
>following lines:
> 192.168.250.4
> grendel.bts
> ^.*@.*\.bts$:66::
>   Where .bts is my intranet domain and the IP is that of grendel.
>
>Directory recvq is mode 755, uucp:dialer and the fax file is 600
>uucp:dialer. hafxd is running as root.
>
>If I use plain old ftp:
> louis@grendel:/home/louis> ftp ftp://freebie:4559/recvq/fax00002.tif
> Connected to freebie.bts.
> 220 freebie.bts server (HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.0pl2) ready.
> 230 User anonymous logged in.
> Remote system type is UNIX.
> Using binary mode to transfer files.
> 200 Type set to Image.
> 250 CWD command successful.
> 250 CWD command successful.
> Retrieving recvq/fax00002.tif
> local: fax00002.tif remote: fax00002.tif
> 227 Entering passive mode (192,168,250,5,154,27)
> 550 fax00002.tif: Operation not permitted.      <<< SNAG!
> 221 Goodbye.
>
>If I just telnet to the port I get:
> louis@grendel:/home/louis> telnet freebie 4559
> Trying 192.168.250.5...
> Connected to freebie.bts.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 freebie.bts server (HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.0pl2) ready.
>So at least hfaxd is listening on the port.
>
>Thanks
> --Louis  <louis@bertrandtech.on.ca>
>
>Louis Bertrand       http://www.bertrandtech.on.ca/
>Bertrand Technical Services, Bowmanville, ON, Canada
>
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>
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