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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: FIFO problem w/HylaFaX
Date: 18 Jul 1996 11:40:37 GMT
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mike@bamboo.verinet.com (Mike Loseke) wrote:

> tested it prior and after with cu. The FIFO file in /var/spool/fax I had
> to create my self (mkfifo FIFO) because faxq couldn't create it itself.

>   If I try to start faxd.recv by hand, I get this in //var/log/messages:
> 
> [trunc]faxd.recv[25342]: setsockopt (SO_LINGER): Socket operation on non-socket
> [trunc]faxd.recv[25342]: getsockname: Socket operation on non-socket

That rather looks like the file is not supposed to be a real FIFO, but
a local domain socket instead.  You cannot create this one with a
command, since it is only valid for the server that has been creating
the socket node.  (Despite of this, it looks very similar to a FIFO.)

So the mere question is which server is supposed to create this
socket.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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