Re: flexfax: Problem with binary on Linux 2.0.30

[coppelli@sun3.dsea.unipi.it (Alessandro Coppelli)]

> From pkw@elgro.co.uk Fri Sep 12 19:13:36 1997
> X-Sender: philw@elgro.co.uk
> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:37:22 +0100
> To: HylaFAX List <flexfax@sgi.com>
> From: Phil Watkinson <pkw@elgro.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: flexfax: Problem with binary on Linux 2.0.30
> Cc: Alessandro Coppelli <coppelli@sun3.dsea.unipi.it>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> 
> At 09:31 12/09/1997 --100, Alessandro Coppelli wrote:
> >Hi to all.
> >[snip-snip]
> >   
> >2) When I used client WHFC I obtained alway : Login failure , but on the
> >   server (in my account ) with faxstat -v :
> >   Trying localhost at port 4559 ...
> >   Connect to localhost
> >   -> USER <my_account>
> >   230 User <my_account> logged in
> >   ecc. ecc. ecc.
> >   
> >   My etc/host is :
> >   
> >   127.0.0.1
> >   localhost
> >   ^my_account@on_server$
> >   
> >
> 
> You do mean the file /var/spool/fax/etc/hosts ?  The command 'man 5 hosts'
> will tell all about this file - and if you understand a word of it you're
> a better person than me. 
> 
> After a lot of trial and error, I found simply adding the username on a
> seperate line, and the fully qualified domain name on another line gave
> access : for example, my user name is philw, the fax server is called
> derrick and the domain is elgro.co.uk  - so the entries are :
> 
> 	philw
> 	philw@derrick.elgro.co.uk
> 
> Perhaps a regular expressions guru will provide the technically correct
> way of doing this - but in the meantime, I hope it helps.
> 
> Ciao,
> Phil Watkinson,
> Boston, UK.

  Thank you very much, all ok  ( I hope :-)  )
  
  Alessandro Coppelli