Re: [hylafax-users] HOSTS.HFAXD

[Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@xxxxxxxx>]

* Mag. Gunther Cyrill HEBEIN <gunther@xxxxxxxxxxx> [070529 00:37]:
> I am not sure if I am right here:
> I have set up hylafax and use a client named WHFC.
> 
> I want to access he server from anywhere in the world.
> The user should just have to know username and password.
> I am not familar with the syntax of the HOSTS.HFAXD
> 
> Now the file has only this row:
> 
> ^gunther@.*.\.*\.$::::
> 
> 
> User gunther can access from anywhere in the world with no password.
> But: Does not work. I am asked for the password again.
> 
> Has anyone a hint for me?

I believe your pattern:
	^gunther@.*.\.*\.$
isn't what you want.  Almost no hostname will end with a "." (which is
what your \. matches)

If you want gunther to access from anywhere, you want the pattern:
	^gunther@.*$
or, more simply:
	^gunther@
not bothering to match any host part.

a.

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Aidan Van Dyk                                             aidan@xxxxxxxx
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