Re: flexfax: permissions

[Helen Birkmann <hbirkmann@mkl.com>]

On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Jonathan Chen wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Eddie Reed wrote:
> 
> > I get a password prompt when sending commands from the console (sendfax;
> > faxstat).  The only entries in /var/spool/fax/etc/hosts are "localhost"
> > and "127.0.0.1".
> > How can I set up the /etc/hosts file so anyone could send a fax from the
> > command prompt?
> 
> Specify a specific user-id number for the entries in
> /var/spool/fax/etc/hosts. Make sure there are no trailing white space
> or comments.

In other words, just list users such as 
www
84
nobody
32766
nogroup
32767

??

Regards
Eddie

> --
> Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>                 Once is dumb luck.
>                                                  Twice is coincidence.
>              Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
> 
> 

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