Re: [hylafax-users] Disabling Purge Function

[joea <joea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lee Howard<faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Boldly Declared: 6/26/2006 9:24 AM:
> joea (joea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> 
>>Lee Howard<faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 6/26/2006 12:41 AM:
>>  
>>
>>>Rhiliam Support wrote:
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>>>Hello, how do I disable or extend the purge function for the recvq? 
>>>>      
>>>>
>>>Modify your invocation of faxcron.
>>>
>>>  http://hylafax.sourceforge.net/man/faxcron.php 
>>>
>>>Lee.
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Link describes invoking via cron for the "fax user".  How does one determine 
>>Link who this fax user is?  Or can it just be run as root?  Or as uucp?
>>
> 
> Sometimes there is an actual user (in /etc/passwd) called "fax" created 
> by HylaFAX.  Sometimes HylaFAX just uses uucp.
> 
> Yes, you can probably run faxcron as the "fax user", uucp, or root.
> 
> Lee.

Thanks.  Did  not find a "fax" user when trying crontab -e fax (or looking with other methods) so desired clarification.

Maybe I should not ask, but what determines why hylafax does, or does not, create a fax user?  Varies with version?  Flavor of 'nix?

joea


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