Re: flexfax: FaxQCleaner & faxaddmodem complaining ...

["nick s." <nick@troll.soc.qc.edu>]

On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Nico Garcia wrote:

> > Mar 23 10:00:00 rain FaxQCleaner[4004]: The fax server must run with real uid root.
> 
> I think you've got it installed suid root, instead of real uid root.
> 
> > installed in /opt/local/fax/lib using pkgadd:
> > -rwsr-xr-x   1 root     other     505740 Dec  9  1996 hfaxd

I've already tried changing permissions without any success ... but I just
tried again ... changed hfaxd to real uid root:
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     other     505740 Dec  9  1996 hfaxd
stopped the server (using /etc/init.d/hylafax), restarted the
server, and I _still_ experience the same error message as above.

Are there other permissions I'm missing?  This is running straight from
the pkgadd install ... I assume it's running fine for others?

> You're fine. I'd worry about using /dev/cua/a instead of /dev/tty*/*,
> since Sun and other UNIX systems have this strange "split-device
> trick" that HylaFAX does *NOT* work with.

According to INSTALL-sparc-sunos5.5-v4.0pl1:

/dev/term/a vs. /dev/cua/a
--------------------------

I use the "cua" devices for everything.  You may find programs like
probemodem and faxaddmodem will hang when trying to probe the modem
if you use the "term" devices.  The "term" devices are basically 
for running a getty with sac.  The open will block until Carrier Detect
is asserted.  Hylafax does not use this mechanism.  Hylafax has its
own interlocking mechanism and will cooperate with outbound calls
that obey uucp locking conventions.  See the on-line documentation
under "Choosing a TTY Device" and the zs(7) man page for details.

-snip-

thanks for the info!