[hylafax-users] an old issue FAXRM

[Fernando <fernando.alhambra@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I've read in the mailing list about this topic from years ago, but
I've not seen something about my problem.

HylaFAX: 4.3.2
Box: RHEL 3 AS

1
I send a fax via email2fax with exim.
The user exim has a /bin/false shell, which means has not the
capability to login into a shell so I can't 'su' from root nor login
like exim user.
I've set "faxadduser -a abcd -p abcd root"
In the hosts.hfaxd: ^root@::tg7.gHr.L3sKQ:5GHfSf812wXaY

2
I send a fax with outlook to HylaFAX via exim to: xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Exim log:
2007-06-13 12:30:34 1HyQ7W-0001ul-9K => user <user@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
R=fax T=hylafax
2007-06-13 12:30:34 1HyQ7W-0001ul-9K Completed


3
faxstat -s
HylaFAX scheduler on HylaFAX: Running
Modem ttyx1 (6405008): Waiting for modem to come ready
Modem ttyx0 (6403764): Running and idle

JID  Pri S  Owner Number       Pages Dials     TTS Status
2864 125 S   exim XXXXXX     0:2   2:3    10:37 Busy signal detected


4
Then I try, logged as root…

faxrm -a -v 2864
Trying localhost (127.0.0.1) at port 4559...
Connected to HylaFAX.
220 HylaFAX server (HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.3.2) ready.
-> USER root
230 User root logged in.
Password:
-> ADMIN XXXX
530 Password incorrect.
Admin failed: 530 Password incorrect.
(When I write abcd or the root password of the system)


5
Well, let see with a telnet…
220 HylaFAX server (HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.3.2) ready.
user root
230 User root logged in.
jkill 2864
504 Cannot kill job: Operation not permitted.
pass abcd
503 Already logged in as USER root.
admin abcd
530 Password incorrect.
jkill 2864
504 Cannot kill job: Operation not permitted.


6
I've even tried to set the user of the exim as root (the one who sent
the faxes via exim), but the exim philosophy set the user root in the
never_users list, so I can sent faxes via exim:
...
2007-06-13 12:13:28 1HyPqx-0001tx-W2 User 0 set for hylafax transport
is on the never_users list
2007-06-13 12:13:28 1HyPqx-0001tx-W2 == user@xxxxxxxxxxxxx R=fax
T=hylafax defer (-29): User 0 set for hylafax transport is on the
never_users list


It is true that I can change the shell to the exim user, to define
another user for fax2email with a useful shell, but  this is not the
way.
I think that the question is, why the password in the hosts.hfaxd
doesn't work for me? Or maybe ¿how does it work?
I couldn't understand this behaviour.

Thank you very much.


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FAP

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