Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 02:13:04 +0200 From: Julian H Stacey <Julian.H.Stacey@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> To: ports@FreeBSD.org, flexfax@sgi.com Cc: ljo@FreeBSD.org Subject: Success: FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development ctm 441 + hylafax-v3.0beta112 Message-ID: <95Apr10.021311met_dst.43035@eikon.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
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This is a joint posting to lists:
ports@freebsd.org & flexfax@sgi.com
(so please consider pruning To: line where appropriate before replying)
To say I have just got this combination working:
Op System: FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development src/.ctm_status = src-cur 441
FAX package: Hylafax-v3.0beta112
Modem: SupraFax V32bis (Eprom V1.200-C)
With NO Code Changes (at least, so far ...) :-)
I have sent & received faxes. I still have some things to config,
SUID stuff in particular, but it is just about working :-)
BTW
Hylafax is the newer name for flexfax.
hylafax-v3.0beta112 is about a year newer than
FreeBSD/ports/comms/flexfax/work/v2.3beta036
Both have same author (Sam Leffler) & copyright (unrestrictive :-).
For those FreeBSD folk who can't wait for me to do a standard FreeBSD package
format to replace flexfax (don't hold your breath waiting ;-), here's my
interim Working-Notes file:
(Flexfax list folk might like to glance at the problems & solutions too)
======{
PROBLEMS:
{
- Permissions
I had some problems getting it to start so did
chmod 666 /dev/cua01
I need to revert this to more secure, when I figure out how much
I can restrict it & still keep it working
SUID in this package not OK for FreeBSD, needs changing.
- Getty line
I changed from
Command line arguments to getty program ["-h %l dx_%s"]?
to
std.%l tty%s
which is probably still not right (& untested) for FreeBSD,
but seems nearer.
- My old flexfax cover sheet doesnt seem to work.
default cover components gets compiled into bin/faxcover,
I must investigate faxcover.ps & utils/cover.templ
}
SOLUTIONS (& Temporary insecure horrible cludges)
{
mkdir ~/X ; mv ~/.bash* ~/X/
If you get this:
SOLUTIONS
/usr/local/bin/bash: /tmp/addmodem232:
Cannot clobber existing file
do this:
mkdir ~/X ; mv ~/.bash* ~/X/
I had something bad in my bash init files.
chmod 777 /var/spool/fax
If you get:
console: FaxGetty[1378]: Could not create FIFO "FIFO.ttyd1".
do
cd /var/spool/fax
ls -al
drwxr-xr-x 12 root bin 512 Apr 3 22:53 ./
chmod 777 .
chmod 777 /var/spool/fax/recvq
vi /etc/rc.local
before fax commands in rc.local add:
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:\
/var/spool/fax/bin
export PATH
before all this, When I was sent a fax, the modem did its stuff,
but I got no email to inform me of arrival,
(some of this is excessive, I need to do more testing)
Run manually on every reboot: /usr/local/sbin/faxgetty -d cua01
as ps doesnt show it running after reboot from rc.local
After every fax received do manually typically:
mv /var/spool/fax/recvq/fax000229 var/spool/fax/recvq/fax000229.mv5
where 229 is PID of /usr/local/sbin/faxgetty -d cua01
This because when my 2nd fax arrived, the modem did the normal fax
stuff, but I got no mail announcing it had arrived, & ls -l showed:
drwxrwxrwx 2 uucp dialer 512 Apr 9 23:14 ./
-rw------- 1 uucp dialer 8867 Apr 9 22:12 fax000229
ie the file couldnt be overwritten.
}
HOW TO BUILD for FreeBSD:
{
Use archie to find a site offering fax-v3.0beta111 (don't use master site
sgi.com, as it's Very slow
get the small update file from sgi.com: hylafax-v3.0beta111.patch-01.gz
get afm-tar.gz
extract all 3 & apply,
./configure
ensure you kernel has options FIFO
make ; make install
run faxaddmodem cua01
Add to /etc/rc.local:
/usr/local/sbin/faxq -D -m cua01
/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty -d -D cua01
Add to /etc/inetd.conf:
fax stream tcp nowait fax /usr/local/sbin/faxd.recv faxd.recv
Add to /etc/aliases:
fax: root
root: your_name
Reboot
man hylafax sendfax ; faxstat -a -i
}
}========
CONCLUSION
IT WORKS I've done some horrible temporary crude hacks at my fax security to
get it this far (which I need to sort out later), but at 01:50 Monday
morning, no one's awake for more testing, so I'm freezing my config for now,
& posting to say:
Hooray finally Fax works on my FreeBSD - Thanks Sam Leffler (et al).
PS thanks also to Gary J. of FreeBSD grp, for brain storming session.
Julian Stacey jhs@freebsd.org
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