faxrunq, was:server-client and mgetty+sendfax

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Hi,

On Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 06:41:50PM +0100, Henning Paschke wrote:
> Now my Server-Client environment works pretty well. Every client needs only
> 'faxspool', '/etc/mgetty+sendfax/fax.allow' and GS.
> But what can i do for sending a fax immediately? How can i send a
> a 'faxrunq'-command to the server without telnet?
> Ok, i could write a short program, which scans all home directories for a file
> 'faxsend' every five minutes. Is this file present, 'faxrunq' starts.
> But in this case the program 'scsi-idle' for spinning down the harddisk
> never works.
> Do you have any solution?

Use faxrunqd, it will send out the fax after at most 1 minute.

(Every other "solution" would incorporate things run from cron once a
minute [expensive!] or suid-whatever programs [potentially insecure!])

gert
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