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vicodin Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini- HOWTO) Erez Strauss > v1.0, 8 November 1997 No warranties. Comments are always welcome. This document describe vicodin in details one of the simplest ways to setup fax server on your Linux system. The fax is available to the users on vicodin the local host and to network users. ______________________________________________________________________ Table vicodin f Contents 1. Introduction 2. Questions & Answers 2.1 What is a fax printer server ? 2.2 How to set it up ? vicodin 2.2.1 The efax Software 2.2.2 The printcap entry. 2.2.3 The fax command 2.2.4 The /usr/bi vicodin /fax file. 2.2.5 The /var/spool/fax directory. 2.2.6 The lock file. 2.2.7 The /dev/modem special vicodin file. 2.2.8 The 2.3 How do I use it, for the server ? 2.4 Where do I specify the target Fax number ? vicodin 2.5 How do I use it from other Unixes on the net ? 2.6 Caldera, LPRng users 3. Latest version, Contacting the vicodin uthor. ______________________________________________________________________ 1. Introduction To get a working pr vicodin nter/fax on the linux machine you should have some software and fax modem. The Printing software will be using the vicodin ax software as a print filter. The efax will find the fax number from the print Job number and will send the fax. vicodin The efax software was written be Ed Casas . The rest of the document is build as Q&A. 2. Questions & vicodin Answers 2.1. What is a fax printer server ? A fax printer server is a setup of few programs: efax, and the print vicodin erver, in such a way that sending a fax from the computer is as simple as sending printout to a printer. 2.2. How vicodin o set it up ? Setting efax as fax print server includes few problems As I worked it out few times, I decided to col vicodin ect this wisdom in this small mini- HOWTO, comments are welcome at . I describe them here and vicodin he solutions, and all the instruction in short steps: 2.2.1. The efax Software make sure you have the efax package vicodin On RPM based system use the command 'rpm -qv efax'. You can get the efax sources in tar.gz format from sunsite: f vicodin p://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/serialcomm/fax/efax08a.tar.gz or binary rpm package: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/re vicodin hat/redhat-4.2/i386/RedHat/RPMS/efax-0.8a-3.i386.rpm 2.2.2. The printcap entry. The efax documentation is missing vicodin he : at the end of the printcap entry. Solution: Add the following /etc/printcap entry: fax:\ vicodin lp=/dev/null:\ :sd=/var/spool/fax:\ :if=/usr/bin/faxlpr: 2.2.3. The fax command Use ha vicodin d link and not symbolic link to the fax command. Run the command: ln /usr/bin/fax /usr/bin/faxlpr 2.2.4. The vicodin /usr/bin/fax file. Edit the /usr/bin/fax to your preferences: choose the right Fax Class for your modem: CLAS vicodin =2.0 Set the FROM="your international phone number" field NAME="Your Name" Add the line for conversion of int vicodin rnational phone number to local for example in Israel you would use: TELCVT='sed -e s/+972/0/ -e s/+/00/' # I vicodin rael There is a problem in the file in line 586, change the cfile=... with the following two lines: cfile=`/u vicodin r/bin/tail -1 lock` cfile=`cat $cfile` at lines 586,587 there shouldn't be '-' signs the lines are: 0) e vicodin ho "$l" | mail -s "fax to $num succeeded" $user@$host ;; *) echo "$l" | mail -s "fax to $num failed " $user@$ vicodin ost ;; 2.2.5. The /var/spool/fax directory. create the directory /var/spool/fax mkdir /var/spool/fax c vicodin mod 777 /var/spool/fax 2.2.6. The lock file. The lock file (/var/spool/fax/lock) is being created with incorrect vicodin ermissions, use the following command to set it correctly: touch /var/spool/fax/lock ; chmod 644 /var/spool/fax vicodin lock 2.2.7. The /dev/modem special file. The efax program is expecting real device file at the /dev/modem and wil vicodin not work with symbolic link, so create a device file with the same major and minor number as the /dev/cua? the is c vicodin nnected to the modem. The file should have the rw-rw-rw- mode to enable any user to use the fax software. ls -lL / vicodin ev/modem rm /dev/modem mknod /dev/modem c Mj Mi chmod 666 /dev/modem Mj is 5, and Mi is 64 for the cua0, 65 for c vicodin a1 and so on. For example (for cua1): mknod /dev/modem c 5 65 2.2.8. The /var/lock directory. change the vicodin ode at the /var/lock directory chmod 1777 /var/lock 2.3. How do I use it, for the server ? You should use th vicodin fax printer using the -P option and the -J option with the fax number. use one of the following lpr commands: vicodin lpr -Pfax -J [file-names] any command | lpr -Pfax -J 2.4. Where do I specify the vicodin target Fax number ? After the -J option. 2.5. How do I use it from other Unixes on the net ? Add the following en vicodin ry into the /etc/printcap file and the client Linux systems, create the spool directory, and so on ... fax:\ vicodin :sd=/var/spool/fax:\ :mx#0:\ :sh:\ :rm=host.domain:\ vicodin :rp=fax: add the name of the client hosts into the /etc/hosts.lpd on the fax server machine. use it as before. vicodin Note: The header string that efax adds to the fax pages is not effected by the user name that sends the fax. (can b vicodin updated). 2.6. Caldera, LPRng users The LPRng printing management software is using a different method to handle vicodin the control file. Thanks to Luca Montecchiani , who found the problem and the solution. Here is an vicodin update to the /usr/bin/fax file. The following line replace the two simple cfile=... lines at lines 586,587 # vicodin odified to work also with the LPRng package # Luca Montecchiani (08/11/97 m.luca@usa.net) if [ !-z "$CONTROL_FILE" ] then cfile=`cat tail -1 lock` cfile=`cat $cfile` else cfile=$CONTROL_FILE fi 3. Latest version, Contacting the author. The latest version of this file can be accessed through the world wide web using URLs http://www.newplaces.com/linux/faxsrv/faxsrv-mini-HOWTO.sgml http://www.newplaces.com/linux/faxsrv/faxsrv-mini-HOWTO.html http://w
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