Re: [hylafax-users] smbfax problems

["Brian" <brian@english-bay.com>]

Hi Tom:

I ran into a similiar problem as did another user.

I gave up on the problem but the other user discovered a solution.

I will include exactly what he wrote to me, I have no idea if it works but
the other user seems to think it works great now.

<quote>
If you use version 1.2 of the script it gives a more informative error.

The last time I set it up I had this error and in my case it was because
setuid failed (the script wasn't being run as root so it couldn't setuid to
the
user who was requesting the fax so it could sendfax from them)

In my case the cure was to chmod u+s smbfax-html (to the v1.4 script)
so that it ran as root (assuming it is owned by root)

I've set up smbfax about 3 or 4 times now, never been a problem really.
</quote>

Hope this helps out.

Best regards,

Brian


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Rymes" <rymes@mac.com>
To: <hylafax-users@hylafax.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] smbfax problems


> On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 04:16  PM, Sam Kalet wrote:
>
> > It sounds like you need to modify two lines in your smbfax.conf:
> >
> >> Where do I change this? Obviously this is a default that is trying to
> >> send e-mails for smbfax to username@ otc.isu.edu, which isn't my
> >> address.
> >
> > $TRAILING_EMAIL which defaults to prepending @otc.isu.edu
>
> [snip]
>
> > $BASE_URL which allows you to define what URL should be forwarded to
> > the user
>
> Well, Thank you Sam for your pointers here. I edited the smbfax.conf
> file (DUH) and now the e-mail is delivered correctly, and I can access
> the link via the web server. (Same RedHat 7.3 machine)
>
> However, after filling out the form and clicking on "send", I get this
> error (in my web browser):
>
> <--Begin error text-->
>
> Fax Sent
>
> Program output follows (in case of any errors)
>
> COMMAND FAILED
>
> (returned non-zero exit status "255")
>
> You will receive E-Mail if there are any problems with your fax, unless
> you checked the Do not send me any email option.
>
> <--end error text-->
>
> This is repeated again, followed by a horizontal rule and the date and
> time. HylaFAX never receives the job, as there are no log files created
> in "/var/spool/hylafax/log".
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Tom
>
>
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