Re: [hylafax-users] Debian upgrade broke Hylafax - followup withlog files

[Anthony Diak <anthonyd@rhsonline.net>]

Have you just tried reinstalling hylafax from source and re-running the 
setup scripts?  I cant think of any other reason why it wouldn't work, 
and this might solve your problem.

-Anthony

Greg Webster wrote:

> Hi Anthony,
> 
> Yep, and that exists and has the same permissions and content as hosts.
> Could it be anything else? The client I work for on this is
> getting...considerably annoyed. I'm a bit desperate.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:08:50 -0400: Anthony Diak skribon:
> 
>>Read what you said again:
>>
>>Jul  9 14:41:25 juicer HylaFAX[26669]: Unable to open the user access 
>>file /etc/hosts.hfaxd: Permission denied
>>the file /etc/hylafax/hosts.hfaxd (whole directory is softlinked to 
>>/var/spool/hylafax/etc/)
>>
>>Its looking for /etc/hosts.hfaxd!
>>
>>Try that out.  I hope it helps
>>
>>-Anthony
>>
>>Greg Webster wrote:
>>
>>>Ok, I bet this is related, though I am not 100% sure what it is
>>>looking for.
>>>
>>>From /var/log/hylafax/hylafax.log:
>>>Jul  9 14:41:25 juicer HylaFAX[26669]: Unable to open the user
>>>access file /etc/hosts.hfaxd: Permission denied
>>>Jul  9 14:41:25 juicer HylaFAX[26669]: HylaFAX LOGIN REFUSED (user
>>>denied) FROM juicer [127.0.0.1], root
>>>
>>>The hfaxd daemon is running as the uucp user, and the file
>>>/etc/hylafax/hosts.hfaxd (whole directory is softlinked to
>>>/var/spool/hylafax/etc/) is chmod 600 and owned by uucp. Very
>>>confusing, that is.
>>>
>>>Greg
>>>
>>>On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:22:29 -0700: Greg Webster skribon:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ok, I've changed hosts and hosts.hfaxd to allow local LAN access
>>>
>>>with:>^.*@192\.168.*$:.*::
>>>
>>>>No change. :(
>>>>
>>>>One more thing...I get the following after restarting the hylafax
>>>>service:
>>>>
>>>>Restarting HylaFAX daemons: faxqNo /usr/sbin/faxq found running;
>>>
>>>none>killed.
>>>
>>>>hfaxd faxmodemdev/FIFO: open: No such device or address
>>>>faxgetty.
>>>>
>>>>It's running as uucp:
>>>>uucp     26634  0.0  0.4  3564 1220 ?        S    14:20   0:00
>>>>/usr/sbin/hfaxd -i 4559 -o 4557 -s 444
>>>>
>>>>Not sure if this is a big deal or not.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>Greg
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 17:02:17 -0400: Anthony Diak skribon:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>well, that is telling hylafax that users on localhost should be
>>>>>allowed to send faxes, so if you go to the command line on the
>>>>>debian box and run sendfax it should work.  You should also try to
>>>>>add lines for users that you want to send faxes from.. I'd imagine
>>>>>that MacFlex has a configuration that asks for a username correct? 
>>>>>And since the mac is not the same ip as the debian server,
>>>
>>>localhost>>would not work.
>>>
>>>>>I think 
>>>>>you can specify ranges of IPs.
>>>>>
>>>>>check out man hosts.hfaxd
>>>>>
>>>>>-Anthony
>>>>>
>>>>>Greg Webster wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Mine just (by default) contains:
>>>>>>localhost:21::
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This is not right? One thing to note is that this server is
>>>>>>supposed to be outgoing only (connected to by Mac's running
>>>>>>MacFlex).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Greg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 16:51:06 -0400: Anthony Diak skribon:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>check the faxusers file.  Mine is in
>>>>>>>/var/spool/hylafax/etc/hosts.hfaxd make sure they are added in
>>>>>>
>>>>>>there>and if there is a password set, set it to what you need it
>>>
>>>to>>>be.>
>>>
>>>>>>>-Anthony
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Greg Webster wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Things are never as simple as they seem. :(
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Could anyone help me here? I've upgraded a hylafax server from
>>>>>>>>Debian Potato to Woody and in the middle of this Hylafax broke.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Even those who do not use Debian could help though because I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>think>>it's a solvable problem outside of that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Here's the problem:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I tried to run...
>>>>>>>>cat /home/greg/2603 | faxmail -d -n -v greg@604608XXXX
>>>>>>>>...where the 2603 file is an email.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I get a whole bunch of stuff as it processes the file, then:
>>>>>>>>Font com: /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts/com: Can not open
>>>
>>>font>>>>>metrics file; using fixed widths.
>>>
>>>>>>>>Font Helvetica-Bold:
>>>>>>>>/usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts/Helvetica-Bold: Can not open
>>>>>>
>>>>>>font>>metrics file; using fixed widths. Font Helvetica-Oblique:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>/usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts/Helvetica-Oblique: Can not open
>>>>>>>>font metrics file; using fixed widths.
>>>>>>>>MIME part (line 31): text/plain charset=us-ascii encoding=7bit
>>>>>>>>Trying localhost (127.0.0.1) at port 4559...
>>>>>>>>Connected to juicer.
>>>>>>>>220 juicer server (HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.1.1) ready.
>>>>>>>>-> USER greg
>>>>>>>>530 User greg access denied.
>>>>>>>>faxmail: Login failed: 530 User greg access denied..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I've also tried 'sendfax' and got the same 530 error, as root,
>>>
>>>as>>>>>faxmaster and as greg.
>>>
>>>>>>>>I thought maybe it was a permissions problem, so I made sure the
>>>>>>>>'faxmaster' user had the name numerical ID as uucp (according to
>>>>>>>>some posts on this list), and chown'ed all the files in
>>>>>>>>/var/spool/hylafax/etc to match.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Can anyone give me an idea of something next to check or try?
>>>
>>>I'm>>>>>tearing my hair out.
>>>
>>>>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Greg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>-- 
>>>>Greg Webster - greg@intouch.ca
>>>>In-Touch Software Corporation
>>>>Ph: (604)278-0515 - Fax: (604)608-3112
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