Re: [hylafax-users] Spool dir on samba share

[Michele Petrazzo <michele.petrazzo@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Muriel wrote:
> Michele Petrazzo <michele.petrazzo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > David Muriel wrote:
> > > The problem is that I need to have access to sendq and docq when the
> > > server is not running,
> > What server hylafax or linux server?
>
> Both. If one of the linux servers where hylafax is running goes down,
> or even if only hylafax goes down in one of them, the faxes on that
> server will be moved to the other server while the first is down.
> When the server goes up again, it will process only the remaining
> faxes on its queue (the faxes will be moved several at a time, not all
> at the same time).  For this I need the queue of the stopped server to
> be available from the other server, so the first option were to put
> the queue on a shared storage, but the storage supplied by my client
> is a windows share :-(

I think that with a smb share you cannot to your work.
Another solution can be to create (buy) another, little and cheap,
storage with linux that do the work.

> Is there any documentation on this?  Could it be possible to have it
> always owned by the same user and group and have it 777 as
> permissions so it can be set when mounting the share?

Like Aidan said, Hylafax need *nix fs features. Try to read the sources
for understand which.

> > Do a simple, but intelligent copy every one/two minutes, or something
> > like that can be a good solution.
>
> That's one of the alternatives I'm considering.

I think that can this is the only left.

Bye,
Michele


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