Re: [hylafax-users] an old issue FAXRM

[Fernando <fernando.alhambra@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you very much for your response and advice.

FAP.

2007/6/13, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@xxxxxxxx>:
> * Fernando <fernando.alhambra@xxxxxxxxx> [070613 08:56]:
> > Thanks Aidan,
> >
> > You were right, that was my hosts.hfaxd:
> > localhost
> > 127.0.0.1
> > 10.2.84.*
> > ^root@::tg7.gHr.L3sKQ:5GHfSf812wXaY
> >
> > so never reach the root user directly.
> > But now that I've put the ^root line the first, even with the command
> > faxstat, it ask me for the password.
> >
> > Maybe without password to avoid that?
>
> The format is:
>        <client>:<uid>:<password>:<admin>
> So your line:
>        ^root@::tg7.gHr.L3sKQ:5GHfSf812wXaY
> has
>        client = ^root@
>        uid =
>        password = tg7.gHr.L3sKQ (crypt result for 'abcd')
>        admin = 5GHfSf812wXaY
>
> If you want to allow "root" to login with no password, set the password
> to empty, like:
>        ^root@:::5GHfSf812wXaY
>
> I might suggest if you do that, that HylaFAX firewalled, or it will
> allow anybody to have access to your hylafax server as root (although
> not admin unless they brute-force your admin password).
>
> a.
>
>
> --
> Aidan Van Dyk                                             aidan@xxxxxxxx
> Senior Software Developer                          +1 215 825-8700 x8103
> iFAX Solutions, Inc.                                http://www.ifax.com/
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