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-Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini-HOWTO)
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-!!!Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini-HOWTO)
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-Erez Strauss <erez@newplaces.com>v1., 8 November 1997
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-''__No warranties.__ Comments are always welcome.
-This document describes in details one of the simplest ways to setup
-fax server on your Linux system. The fax is available to the users
-on the local host and to network users.''
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-!!1. Introduction
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-!!2. Questions & Answers
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-*2.1 What is a fax printer server ?
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-*2.2 How to set it up ?
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-*2.3 How do I use it, for the server ?
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-*2.4 Where do I specify the target Fax number ?
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-*2.5 How do I use it from other Unixes on the net ?
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-*2.6 Caldera, LPRng users
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-!!3. Latest version, Contacting the author.
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-!!1. Introduction
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-To get a working printer/fax on the linux machine you should have
-some software and fax modem.
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-The Printing software will be using the fax software as a print filter.
-The efax will find the fax number from the print Job number and will send the fax.
-The efax software was written be Ed Casas <edc@cce.com>.
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-The rest of the document is build as Q&A.
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-!!2. Questions & Answers
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-!!2.1 What is a fax printer server ?
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- A fax printer server is a setup of few programs:
-efax, and the print server, in such a way that sending a fax from
-the computer is as simple as sending printout to a printer.
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-!!2.2 How to set it up ?
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-Setting efax as fax print server includes few problems
-As I worked it out few times, I decided to collect this wisdom
-in this small mini-HOWTO, comments are welcome at <erez@newplaces.com>.
-I describe them here and the solutions, and all the instruction in short steps:
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-!The efax Software
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-make sure you have the efax package.
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-On RPM based system use the command 'rpm -qv efax'.
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-You can get the efax sources in tar.gz format from sunsite:
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/serialcomm/fax/efax08a.tar.gz
-or binary rpm package:
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-4.2/i386/!RedHat/RPMS/efax-.8a-3.i386.rpm
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-!The printcap entry.
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-The efax documentation is missing the : at the end of the printcap entry.
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-Solution: Add the following /etc/printcap entry:
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-fax:\
-:lp=/dev/null:\
-:sd=/var/spool/fax:\
-:if=/usr/bin/faxlpr:
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-!The fax command
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- Use hard link and not symbolic link to the fax command.
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-Run the command:
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-ln /usr/bin/fax /usr/bin/faxlpr
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-!The /usr/bin/fax file.
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- Edit the /usr/bin/fax to your preferences:
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- choose the right Fax Class for your modem:
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-CLASS=2.
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-Set the FROM="your international phone number" field
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-NAME="Your Name"
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-Add the line for conversion of international phone number to local
-for example in Israel you would use:
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-TELCVT='sed -e s/+972// -e s/+/00/' # Israel
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-There is a problem in the file in line 586, change the
-cfile=... with the following two lines:
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-cfile=`/usr/bin/tail -1 lock`
-cfile=`cat $cfile`
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-at lines 586,587 there shouldn't be '-' signs the lines are:
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-) echo "$l" | mail -s "fax to $num succeeded" $user@$host ;;
-*) echo "$l" | mail -s "fax to $num failed " $user@$host ;;
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-!The /var/spool/fax directory.
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- create the directory /var/spool/fax
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-mkdir /var/spool/fax
-chmod 777 /var/spool/fax
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-!The lock file.
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-The lock file (/var/spool/fax/lock) is being created with
-incorrect permissions, use the following command to set it correctly:
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-touch /var/spool/fax/lock ; chmod 644 /var/spool/fax/lock
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-!The /dev/modem special file.
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-The efax program is expecting real device file at the /dev/modem
-and will not work with symbolic link, so create a device file
-with the same major and minor number as the /dev/cua? the is
-connected to the modem. The file should have the rw-rw-rw- mode to enable
-any user to use the fax software.
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-ls -lL /dev/modem
-rm /dev/modem
-mknod /dev/modem c Mj Mi
-chmod 666 /dev/modem
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-Mj is 5, and Mi is 64 for the cua0, 65 for cua1 and so on.
-For example (for cua1):
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-mknod /dev/modem c 5 65
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-!The /var/lock directory.
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-change the mode at the /var/lock directory
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-chmod 1777 /var/lock
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-!!2.3 How do I use it, for the server ?
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-You should use the fax printer using the -P option
-and the -J option with the fax number.
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-use one of the following lpr commands:
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-lpr -Pfax -J <Fax-Number>
[[file-names
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-any command | lpr -Pfax -J <Fax-Number>
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-!!2.4 Where do I specify the target Fax number ?
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-After the -J option.
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-!!2.5 How do I use it from other Unixes on the net ?
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-Add the following entry into the /etc/printcap file and the client
-Linux systems, create the spool directory, and so on ...
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-fax:\
-:sd=/var/spool/fax:\
-:mx#:\
-:sh:\
-:rm=host.domain:\
-:rp=fax:
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-add the name of the client hosts into the /etc/hosts.lpd on the
-fax server machine.
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-use it as before.
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-Note:
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-The header string that efax adds to the fax pages is not effected
-by the user name that sends the fax. (can be updated).
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-!!2.6 Caldera, LPRng users
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- The LPRng printing management software is using a different method to handle the control file.
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-Thanks to Luca Montecchiani <m.luca@usa.net>, who found the problem and the solution.
-Here is an update to the /usr/bin/fax file. The following line replace the two simple __cfile=...__ lines at lines 586,587
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-# Modified 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
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-!!3. Latest version, Contacting the author.
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- The latest version of this file can be accessed through the
-world wide web using URLs
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-http://www.newplaces.com/linux/faxsrv/faxsrv-mini-HOWTO.sgml
-http://www.newplaces.com/linux/faxsrv/faxsrv-mini-HOWTO.html
-http://www.newplaces.com/linux/faxsrv/faxsrv-mini-HOWTO.txt
-http://www.newplaces.com/linux/faxsrv/faxsrv-mini-HOWTO.info
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-You can contact me
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-Erez Strauss
-erez@newplaces.com
-http://www.newplaces.com/linux/
-http://www.newplaces
.com/
-Phone: +972 52 739737
-Fax: +972 9 954 3034
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