Re: flexfax: HFAXD access control

[Nico Garcia <raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu>]

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On Thu, 22 Jan 1998 Matthias.Apitz@SOFTCON.de wrote:

> Brian Nunes wrote:
>     
>     running BSDi -
>     
>     When i want to establish admin access when connected to HFAXD via
>     telnet, i cannot for i do not know the password. How do i find it and/or
>     change it.
>     
>     I am aware of the "hosts" file in /etc but i guess my question would be
>     what is the proper syntax to setup that account and if that file is
>     actually used to control accounts for hfaxd?
>     
>     - If you reply to tell me to read the MAN pages or some other remarks,
>     please dont bother... i have, maybe i am just missing something.
> 
> Read the man page of HylaFAX's hosts(4F) file twice and
> carefully; it tells *exactly* where this file is located and
> what the syntax for admin accounts is.

Matthias? It's very easy to miss this documentation as it stands,
since doing "man hosts" on many systems simply gives the system's page
for /etc/hosts, not the Hylafax "hosts" documentation. Under SunOS,
with the latest beta, for example, they are are both in section 5 of
the man pages: You have to be careful to install the HylaFAX man pages
in a separate directory to prevent over-writing the original one.

I've argued before for changing that filename and moving the docs to
"hosts.fax", for potentially this sort of situation or confusion
to new users. I've been a bit busy to re-submit this patch for the
latest update. As maintainer of the code, do you want it?

			Nico Garcia
			Engineer, CIRL 
			Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
			raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu

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