HylaFAX doesn't work (faxsetup)

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 5.0, 1st Edition
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Symptom:

After the installation of the package hylafax, faxsetup aborts with the following message :

Hurwitz:/root # faxsetup

Setup program for HylaFAX (tm) v4.0pl1.

Created for i586-unknown-linux on Tue Jul  1 13:46:49 MEST 1997.

Checking system for proper client configuration.
Checking system for proper server configuration.

FATAL ERROR: /var/spool/fax/archive does not exist or is not a directory!

The directory /var/spool/fax/archive does not exist or this file is not a directory.  If
the HylaFAX software is not yet installed you must do so before running
this script.  If the software is installed but is configured for use in
a different location than this script expects then the software will not
function correctly.

Solution:

It's simple :

Execute the following commands one after the other :
(this is best dome by entering the commands into a file filename using Cut&Paste and executing it with sh filename).

cd /var/spool/fax
mkdir archive client dev docq doneq info log pollq recvq sendq status tmp
chown -R uucp.uucp *
chmod 700 archive docq doneq pollq sendq tmp

Now restart faxsetup ...


Keywords: HYLAFAX, FAX, FAXSETUP

Categories: HylaFax

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