Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:35:15 +0000 From: Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solved problem with hylafax: How to help other users now Message-ID: <200503201635.15825.v.demartino2@virgilio.it> In-Reply-To: <200503201602.40744.v.demartino2@virgilio.it> References: <200503201602.40744.v.demartino2@virgilio.it>
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Sorry for the silly question. Forget it! Only after sending the email I noticed that in www.freebsd.org there's a r= ich=20 bug reporting section. I will use it, of course. Ciao Vittorio Alle 16:02, domenica 20 marzo 2005, Vittorio ha scritto: > Dear Friends, > > I had the problem reported in the message below with hylafax installation > compiled from scratch from > the standard ports of rel.5.3. > I solved the problem "asking around" to many mailing lists and found the > solution which - in this case - was as simple as: > > chmod a+rx -R /var/spool > > Now hylafax works! > > BUT ... if another user compiles hylafax from the ports chances are it wi= ll > come across the same problems. > How can I help avoiding this? > Is there a bug reporting mailing list or should I write to the mantainer = of > the program (maho 'at' freebsd 'dot' org) to indicate my solution? > Furthermore, not being an expert my solution could introduce some security > hole in the system; who's going to check it? > > Ciao > Vittorio > > > ---------- Messaggio inoltrato ---------- > > Subject: Problems with /var/spool/hylafax > Date: 12:57, mercoled=EC 16 marzo 2005 > From: v.demartino2@virgilio.it > To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > Under FBSD 5.3 I've just compiled hylafax from the ports, set up the modem > with faxsetup and then started "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/hylafax.sh.sample > start" ... > BUT...... > /var/log/messages complains that: > VicBSD FaxQueuer[668]: /var/spool/hylafax: Can not change directory > VicBSD HylaFAX[669]: Can not change directory to /var/spool/hylafax > VicBSD FaxQueuer[739]: /var/spool/hylafax: Can not change directory > VicBSD HylaFAX[740]: Can not change directory to /var/spool/hylafax > > What's the matter with it and what shall I do? > > Here it is a "ls -al /var/spool/hylafax" > total 40 > drwxr-xr-x 17 uucp dialer 512 Mar 16 09:07 . > drwx------ 9 daemon daemon 512 Mar 15 21:43 .. > -r--r--r-- 1 root dialer 5426 Mar 15 21:43 COPYRIGHT > prw------- 1 uucp dialer 0 Mar 15 21:43 FIFO > prw------- 1 uucp dialer 0 Mar 16 09:07 FIFO.cuaa0 > drwx------ 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 archive > drwxr-xr-x 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 16 09:05 bin > drwxr-xr-x 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 client > drwxr-xr-x 2 uucp dialer 1536 Mar 15 21:43 config > drwxr-xr-x 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 dev > drwx------ 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 docq > drwx------ 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 doneq > drwxr-xr-x 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 16 09:07 etc > drwxr-xr-x 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 info > drwxr-xr-x 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 log > drwx------ 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 pollq > drwxr-xr-x 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 recvq > drwx------ 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 sendq > drwxr-xr-x 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 16 09:01 status > drwx------ 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 15 21:43 tmp > > Ciao > Vittorio > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -------------------------------------------------------
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