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Title: Hylafax howto
Post by: duncan on December 02, 2006, 08:50:39 AM

Given the problems a few people seem to be having with the current Hylafax howto - I have done the following based on a new server I have built.

Download the most current version from here (http://www.hylafax.org/content/Red_Hat_Packages)

Install via

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# yum --enablerepo=base --enablerepo=updates localinstall hylafax.rpm

This will install all the required packages for your hylafax installation. Run the /usr/sbin/faxsetup command and answer the questions as required. Take note of your modem tty and substitute within the inittab template to suit your setup. My modem is on ttyS0.

Set up the template like so. Watch out for line wrapping.

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# mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/inittab
# cd  /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/inittab
# echo 'fax:23457:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty ttyS0' >> 85hylafax
# /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/inittab
# ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/hylafax /etc/rc.d/rc7.d/S95hylafax

Reboot and you should be away.

Title: Hylafax howto
Post by: cjensen on December 03, 2006, 03:42:53 PM

Good stuff Duncan.  Thanks for sharing your discovery.

Craig