b c writes: Brian> (4) The /var/spool/fax is of the "dialout" group. Should this be Brian> the "fax" group instead? Also, how about setting the permission of Brian> this directory and those under it to "drwxr-s---" so only people in Brian> that group can send/view faxes. The 's' would also make sure that Brian> all files created under it have the groupid of "fax".
There is no group "fax", and I do not intend to create one. "dialout" seems quite appropriate to me. Let's not forgot that efax was written as sample & simple fax system. Let me quote from the README file: efax is a relatively small ANSI C/POSIX program that provides the data transport function for fax applications. A simple shell script (``fax'') is included in the distribution to let you create, send, receive, view and print faxes. efax is smaller and easier to install than FlexFax, NetFax, or mgetty+sendfax. It uses your system's own getty to handle incoming data calls. As one user put it, ``EFAX is a nice simple program for single user systems.'' For super-duper multi-user coffee-brewing singing & dancing fax support, you probably want to go with flexfax/hylafax or some other fax program. I packaged efax as it does what I need on my (mostly) single-user system. More complex systems are welcome. -- Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd