Re: [hylafax-users] select tty for sending fax depending on user

[Marcus Schopen <marcus.schopen@uni-bielefeld.de>]

Hi Lee,

Lee Howard wrote:
> 
> At 09:49 PM 8/19/01 +0200, Marcus Schopen wrote:
> >> At 03:10 PM 8/19/01 +0200, Marcus Schopen wrote:
> >> >Hi,
> >> >
> >> >we are using hylafax with two modems on ttyS0 for number A and ttyS1 for
> >> >number B. Incoming way works fine on both modems.
> >> >
> >> >Problem is outgoing: We are two users (X and Z) using WHFC on Win2000 to
> >> >sending fax.
> >> >Now how can I the following:
> >> >User X should send all faxes through ttyS0 so headers of
> >> >ttyS0-configuration are used. User Z should send through ttyS1 so
> >> >headers of ttyS1-configuration are used for his outgoing faxes. Is there
> >> >a possibility to select a modem depending on the owner of a fax?
> >>
> >> The standard way to choose outbound modem is at the time of job submission.
> >
> >Is there a way to set a paramter in WHFC to choose a tty ?
> 
> I'm sure there is, but I don't use WHFC, so I can't tell you.
> 
> >> However, the standard way to dynamically alter the configuration settings
> >> based on user is using ~/.hylarc files.
> >
> >Do you have an example ~/.hylarc where outbound modem is set to ttyS0
> >for user X?
> >I can't find an documentation about ~/.hylarc syntax.
> 
> I don't use a ~/.hylarc file to show you, but you can read the
> documentation on the options in 'man sendfax' (among other man pages).
> 
> I believe that you'll need to have something like this:
> 
> Host: ttyS0@localhost
> 
> In that user's home directory in a file called ".hylarc".  I don't know how
> well that works, though, since I don't use it... nor do I use WHFC.
> 

the following .hylarc entry works fine, but only if you are logged in as
the user on the faxserver:

Modem: ttyS1

WHFC seems to ignore .hylarc :-(

Thank you for helping

Marcus


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