Re: flexfax: WHFC and HylaFax 4.1beta2 password problem.

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

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On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Chang, Lenon wrote:

> Sun Solaris 2.6 on Sparc 20 running HylaFax 4.1beta2 for testing...
> 
> I've been reading the threads on the password issues but I haven't been able
> to get a clear cut understanding as to how the hosts.hfaxd works.  I know
> that I can put an IP address or hostnames in there to all access.  However,
> what I have not been able to find is a way to allow DHCP users on our LAN to
> use the fax server.  Is there a way to assign a range of IP addresses in the
> hosts.hfaxd file?  I tried to put an entry to allow everybody in the domain
> to access the HylaFax server but I guess somewhere along the line, the full
> hostname is not being resolved and since DHCP assigns the IP addresses, the
> hostname is never named.

Put in the Class C address.

> Secondly, can the hosts.hfaxd file not contain any user information and just
> run with the host information?  I've been trying different combinations to
> no avail.

It should work.

> localhost               	# localhost
> 127.0.0.1               	# localhost
> .*\.xyz\.com$		# anybody at xyz.com
> 192.168.*.*		# anybody in the 192.168 class address
  ^^^^^^^^^^^

This should read:

> 192.168		# anybody in the 192.168 class address	

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

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