Package: hylafax-server Version: 2:4.4.4-10.1 Severity: wishlist "Hylafax-server" package installs and activates by default a weekly cron job that can be a bit dangerous in some setups.
The script is located under /etc/cron.weekly/hylafax and calls "faxqclean" routine. That routine is intended to archive both submitted faxes and sent jobs which are older than 35 days but I think it has two main problems: 1/ Fax archiving is not always a good idea. As received and sent faxes are removed from the active queues, they are not longer available for the users to review them in an easily manner. Anyway, is a task that has to be carefully reviewed by the administrator before getting executed. 2/ There is a second (and more severe) problem with this routine: it deletes files that should not be deleted at all. For example, I maintain a big spool for faxes, documents and logs (since 2.006) and that routine automatically deletes (just "erases" without archiving) any unreferenced file that founds. That means the files are completely lost, none option to restore them from /var/spool/hylafax/archive. 3/ That behavior forced me to disable the routine at all so it gets not executed but I fear that any security update of hylafax-server package just restores the script and activates it again. So my wish is for this script to be disabled by default because the way is configured right now it can delete your files. I am using Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.3, kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64 and libc6 2.7-18. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
