flexfax: faxgetty and internet simultaneously

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On Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 08:42:12PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 03:55:45PM +0200, Mirek Kwasniak wrote:
> > Kernel 2.2.10-ac12 (in Alan Cox series) gives us problem with sending faxes
> > (faxspool don't work for differnt users). You need patch for ext2fs/inode.c
> > (from kernel mailing list).
> 
> Huh.  Now this sounds like a real nasty bug in the kernel - faxspool
> doesn't really do any "bad" or "nonportable" stuff...

Yes, faxspool doesn't "nonportable" stuff, but writable (at least for group)
/var/spool/fax/outgoing/.Sequence isn't proof solution, any can exploit it :(

> 
> (But your mail confuses me anyhow - are you talking about flexfax, or
> about mgetty+sendfax?)

Sorry for my mistake, I started writing this for flexfax group an didn't
change subject.


Mirek