Re: HylaFax, Exim4 fax transport pipe error

 Content preview:  Solved. The problem was Raspbian config related. I was working
    in multi-file mode and exim was working in single-file mode. This meant that
    any changes I made were not being seen by Exim4 On Friday 19 February 2016
    11:46:52 Gary Stainburn wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've got a Pi running Jessie
    with Hylafax and Exim4 installed. I have > everything working except fax
   sending. I have the following fax transport > set up (The email address is
    <fax_number>@ringways.co.uk and is routed to > this server by our main mail
    sever) > > The fax transport I have set up is: > > root@sid:~# cat /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_fax_pipe
    > > # This transport is used for sending faxes received via fax > > fax:
   > debug_print = "T: fax_pipe for $local_part@$domain" > driver = pipe > command
    = "/usr/bin/faxmail -n -N -T -d $local_part" > home_directory = /tmp > use_shell
    = true > return_fail_output > > root@sid:~# ls -ld / /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/faxmail
    /bin /bin/sh /tmp > drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Jan 22 13:47 / > drwxr-xr-x
    2 root root 4096 Feb 10 13:12 /bin > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 21 2014
    /bin/sh -> dash > drwxrwxrwt 9 root root 4096 Feb 19 11:21 /tmp > drwxr-xr-x
    10 root root 4096 Nov 21 18:50 /usr > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 45056 Feb 16
    11:15 /usr/bin > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 51536 Dec 10 2014 /usr/bin/faxmail
    > root@sid:~# > > However, the pip fails with the following entries in exim/mainlog
    > > 2016-02-19 11:17:03 1aWj3X-0005NZ-7g <= [email protected] > H=ollie.ringways.co.uk
    (ringways.co.uk) [10.5.1.3] P=esmtp S=51195 > [email protected]
    > 2016-02-19 11:17:03 1aWj3X-0005NZ-7g ** [email protected] R=fax
    > T=fax: Child process of fax transport returned 127 (could mean unable to
    > exec or command does not exist) from command: /bin/sh > 2016-02-19 11:17:04
    1aWj3X-0005Nk-Uv <= <> R=1aWj3X-0005NZ-7g U=Debian-exim > P=local S=52158
    > 2016-02-19 11:17:04 1aWj3X-0005NZ-7g Completed > 2016-02-19 11:17:07 1aWj3X-0005Nk-Uv
    => [email protected] R=smarthost > T=remote_smtp_smarthost H=ollie.ringways.co.uk
    [10.5.1.3] > X=TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128 > DN="C=--,ST=SomeState,L=SomeCity,O=SomeOrganization,OU=SomeOrganizationalUn
    [...] 
 
 Content analysis details:   (-48.9 points, 15.0 required)
 
  pts rule name              description
 ---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
  -50 ALL_TRUSTED            Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
  0.1 SCORE_RCPTS            Adding score for each recipient
 -0.0 RP_MATCHES_RCVD        Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain
 -0.0 BAYES_40               BODY: Bayes spam probability is 20 to 40%
                             [score: 0.2957]
  1.0 RING_SAFE              No description available.
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Solved.  The problem was Raspbian config related.

I was working in multi-file mode and exim was working in single-file mode. 
This meant that any changes I made were not being seen by Exim4

On Friday 19 February 2016 11:46:52 Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've got a Pi running Jessie with Hylafax and Exim4 installed. I have
> everything working except fax sending. I have the following fax transport
> set up (The email address is <fax_number>@ringways.co.uk and is routed to
> this server by our main mail sever)
>
> The fax transport I have set up is:
>
> root@sid:~# cat /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_fax_pipe
>
> # This transport is used for sending faxes received via fax
>
> fax:
> debug_print = "T: fax_pipe for $local_part@$domain"
> driver = pipe
> command = "/usr/bin/faxmail -n -N -T -d $local_part"
> home_directory = /tmp
> use_shell = true
> return_fail_output
>
> root@sid:~# ls -ld / /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/faxmail /bin /bin/sh /tmp
> drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Jan 22 13:47 /
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 10 13:12 /bin
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 21 2014 /bin/sh -> dash
> drwxrwxrwt 9 root root 4096 Feb 19 11:21 /tmp
> drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Nov 21 18:50 /usr
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 45056 Feb 16 11:15 /usr/bin
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 51536 Dec 10 2014 /usr/bin/faxmail
> root@sid:~#
>
> However, the pip fails with the following entries in exim/mainlog
>
> 2016-02-19 11:17:03 1aWj3X-0005NZ-7g <= [email protected]
> H=ollie.ringways.co.uk (ringways.co.uk) [10.5.1.3] P=esmtp S=51195
> [email protected]
> 2016-02-19 11:17:03 1aWj3X-0005NZ-7g ** [email protected] R=fax
> T=fax: Child process of fax transport returned 127 (could mean unable to
> exec or command does not exist) from command: /bin/sh
> 2016-02-19 11:17:04 1aWj3X-0005Nk-Uv <= <> R=1aWj3X-0005NZ-7g U=Debian-exim
> P=local S=52158
> 2016-02-19 11:17:04 1aWj3X-0005NZ-7g Completed
> 2016-02-19 11:17:07 1aWj3X-0005Nk-Uv => [email protected] R=smarthost
> T=remote_smtp_smarthost H=ollie.ringways.co.uk [10.5.1.3]
> X=TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128
> DN="C=--,ST=SomeState,L=SomeCity,O=SomeOrganization,OU=SomeOrganizationalUn
>it,CN=ollie2.ringways.co.uk,[email protected]" C="250 OK
> id=1aWj3X-000adB-B1"
> 2016-02-19 11:17:07 1aWj3X-0005Nk-Uv Completed
>
>
> As you can see from the 'ls' output, all required files and directories
> look correct.
>
> I normally set this up using Fedora on full sized kit. I have had the same
> problem there too, and that ended up being a SELinux issue. Is there
> something similar on Raspbian, or is the problem something else?
>
> If I run sendfax to send a fax from the command line as root it works fine.
> However, if I try to run it as user pi I get the following.
>
> pi@sid:~ $ sendfax -n -h ttyUSB2@localhost -d 01302321015 testpage.pdf
> Malformed (null) sender name or mail address
> pi@sid:~ $
>
> This would imply that maybe I have to set up something extra to get the
> email bit working. I have tried adding the correct entries for pi and
> Debian-exim to /etc/aliases and /etc/email-addresses but that made no
> difference.
>
> I'm not sure if this is one problem or two separate ones, but any help
> would be appreciated.
>
> Gary
>
>
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-- 
Gary Stainburn
Group I.T. Manager
Ringways Garages
http://www.ringways.co.uk 


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