Today I tell you how to install, config box which can received fax, send fax, remind you when fax coming via email, forward fax via email (look like fax2email) with Ubuntu server 9.10, Conexant drivers, Hylafax and Avantfax. I don't know how box run and please don't ask me why and why My english no good, so sorry. My hardware: -Cheap desktop: Compaq Evo D510 Desktop Computer - Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz, 512MB DDR, 40GB HDD, CD-ROM, Windows XP Home (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5315098&CatId=2628) -Two cheap HSF fax modem: D-LINK DFM-562IS (http://www.vitinhphongvu.com/index.php?ava=productone&sp=1937) -I'm working in Viet Nam. My ISP: VNN When I try Ubuntu server 9.04, box send fax good but when box received fax: first fax received good, second fax can not received because modem fax do not turn on auto answer. Modem ring ring and ring... I try Postfix, Postfix don't work. I use Sendmail, Sendmail work good. I don't need config any more, only type: apt-get install sendmail. Thats'it. We have three steps: -Step one: Setup Ubuntu server 9.10. -Step two: Config HSF fax modem and install Hylafax. -Step three: Install Avantfax. Step one: Setup Ubuntu server 9.10: ^^^^^^^^ Connect internet. Setup box with Ubuntu server 9.10. If you don't know how, you can google. Note: -If you don't want Ubuntu Startup slows down at Starting Mail Transport Agent (MTA) sendmail you have to choose long hostname. Example: "tom.localdomain". If you choose short name: "tom", box boot up, box Forward fax via email and box remind you when fax come is very slow. -Software selection: LAMP Server and OpenSSH Server -Password for the MYSQL "root" user: 111111 Step two: Config HSF fax modem and install Hylafax: ^^^^^^^^ Set root password. Code: sudo passwd root exit Logon with root and latter do everything with root too. Set static IP. Code: nano /etc/network/interfaces Replace the “iface eth0 inet dhcp” with this: ###Begin############################### iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 ###End################################ Reset connection. Code: ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0 Upgrade box. Code: apt-get update apt-get upgrade You have to reboot box. Code: reboot Logon root, install sendmail and some software. Code: apt-get install mc gcc make unzip sendmail Find kernel version. Code: uname -r My case: 2.6.31-14-generic-pae. I search and download ALSA driver from http://www.linuxant.com/alsa-driver/downloads-ubuntu-x86.php. Code: wget http://www.linuxant.com/alsa-driver....3_k2.6.31_14_generic_pae_ubuntu_i386.deb.zip Unzip file. Code: unzip alsa-driver-linuxant_1.0.20.3_k2.6.31_14_generic_pae_ubuntu_i386.deb.zip Install file. Code: dpkg -i alsa-driver-linuxant_1.0.20.3_k2.6.31_14_generic_pae_ubuntu_i386.deb Remove file. Code: rm *.deb Follow website https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/Conexant, I download. Code: wget http://www.bargweb.net/images/2009/november/hsfmodem-7.80.02.05-DiacoEdition.zip Unzip file. Code: unzip hsfmodem-7.80.02.05-DiacoEdition.zip Install. Code: cd hsfmodem-7.80.02.05-DiacoEdition make install Run hsfconfig (I choose default all of them). Code: hsfconfig Remove file. Code: cd rm *.zip Install Hylafax. Code: apt-get install hylafax-server I have two fax modem cards. The first one I use ttySHSF0, class 1.0. Second one: ttySHSF1, class 1.0. When setup finish first one, box ask me want config another one, I say yes, second one I say no. I keep default allmost. Fax setup. Code: faxsetup Reboot box. Code: reboot Step three: Install Avantfax. ^^^^^^^^^^ Logon root. Check modem work or not. Code: faxstat -a -s If modem work, box say: root@tom:~# faxstat -a -s HylaFAX scheduler on tom.localdomain: Running Modem ttySHSF0 (+1.999.555.1212): Running and idle Modem ttySHSF1 (+1.999.555.1212): Running and idle Install some software for Avantfax. Code: apt-get install apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-common libapache2-mod-php5 libapr1 libaprutil1 libsqlite3-0 php5-cli php5-common mysql-server imagemagick libtiff4-dev netpbm libnetpbm10-dev libungif-bin libungif4-dev sudo php-mail php-mail-mime php-file php-db php5-mysql psutils wdiff expect rsync php5-dev libmagic-dev php5-cgi Install fileinfo. Code: pecl install fileinfo pear install Mail Net_SMTP Mail_mime MDB2_driver_mysql fileinfo Download Avantfax from http://www.avantfax.com. Code: wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/avantfax/avantfax-3.1.6.tgz?use_mirror=osdn Unzip file. Code: tar -xf avantfax-3.1.6.tgz Change something file debian-install.sh. Code: cd avantfax-3.1.6 nano debian-install.sh Delete everything then replace with: ###Begin########################################################### FAXDOMAIN=fax.mydomain.com INSTDIR=/var/www/avantfax HYLADIR=/usr/sbin SPOOL=/var/spool/hylafax USER=avantfax PASS=d58fe49 DB=avantfax HTTPDUSER=www-data HTTPDGROUP=www-data #!/bin/sh # # AvantFAX install script for Debian # This script will configure /etc/sudoers and the HylaFAX hyla.conf, config, config.<devid> files # Only run once # # CHECK IF HYLAFAX IS INSTALLED echo "Checking for HylaFAX installation" hyla=`which sendfax` if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then echo You must install and configure HylaFAX first exit fi . ./debian-prefs.txt ## SETUP SMARTY chmod 0770 avantfax/includes/templates/admin_theme/templates_c/ avantfax/includes/templates/admin_theme/cache/ avantfax/includes/templates/main_theme/templates_c/ avantfax/includes/templates/main_theme/cache/ chown $HTTPDUSER:$HTTPDGROUP avantfax/includes/templates/admin_theme/templates_c/ avantfax/includes/templates/admin_theme/cache/ avantfax/includes/templates/main_theme/templates_c/ avantfax/includes/templates/main_theme/cache/ chmod 0755 avantfax/includes/faxcover.php avantfax/includes/faxrcvd.php avantfax/includes/notify.php avantfax/tools/update_contacts.php avantfax/tools/faxcover.php avantfax/includes/avantfaxcron.php avantfax/includes/dynconf.php cp avantfax/includes/local_config-example.php avantfax/includes/local_config.php # echo "AdminGroup: apache" >> /etc/hylafax/hfaxd.conf # SETUP AVANTFAX JOBFMT cat >> /etc/hylafax/hyla.conf << EOF # ## JobFmt for AvantFAX # JobFmt: "%-3j %3i %1a %15o %40M %-12.12e %5P %5D %7z %.25s" EOF # INSTALL AVANTFAX mv avantfax $INSTDIR chown -R $HTTPDUSER.$HTTPDGROUP $INSTDIR chmod -R 0770 $INSTDIR/tmp $INSTDIR/faxes chown -R $HTTPDUSER.uucp $INSTDIR/tmp $INSTDIR/faxes # IMPORT MYSQL DATABASE /etc/init.d/mysql start echo "## Creating AvantFAX MySQL database ##" mysql --user=root --password=111111 -e "GRANT ALL ON $DB.* TO $USER@localhost IDENTIFIED BY \"$PASS\"" mysql mysqladmin --default-character-set=utf8 --user=$USER --password=$PASS create $DB mysql --user=$USER --password=$PASS $DB < create_tables.sql mysqlshow --user=$USER --password=$PASS $DB # SYMLINK AVANTFAX SCRIPTS ln -s $INSTDIR/includes/faxrcvd.php $SPOOL/bin/faxrcvd.php ln -s $INSTDIR/includes/dynconf.php $SPOOL/bin/dynconf.php ln -s $INSTDIR/includes/notify.php $SPOOL/bin/notify.php mv $HYLADIR/bin/faxcover $HYLADIR/bin/faxcover.old ln -s $INSTDIR/includes/faxcover.php $HYLADIR/bin/faxcover # FIX FILEINFO ln -s /usr/share/file/magic* /usr/share/misc/ # SETUP SUDO PERMISSIONS echo "Setting up sudo" cat /etc/sudoers | grep -v requiretty > /tmp/sudoers echo "$HTTPDUSER ALL= NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot, /sbin/halt, /usr/sbin/faxdeluser, /usr/sbin/faxadduser -u * -p * *" >> /tmp/sudoers mv /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.orig mv /tmp/sudoers /etc/sudoers chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers chown root.root /etc/sudoers # Make backup of HylaFAX configuration mkdir /etc/hylafax/abackup cp /etc/hylafax/config* /etc/hylafax/abackup/ # CONFIGURE MODEMS TO USE AVANTFAX for i in `ls /etc/hylafax/config.*`; do if [ "$i" != "/etc/hylafax/config.sav" ]; then if [ "$i" != "/etc/hylafax/config.devid" ]; then tilde=`echo $i | grep '~'` if [ "$?" -eq "1" ]; then if [ ! -L $i ]; then cat >> $i << EOF # ## AvantFAX # FaxRcvdCmd: bin/faxrcvd.php DynamicConfig: bin/dynconf.php UseJobTSI: true EOF fi fi fi fi done cat >> /etc/hylafax/config << EOF # ## AvantFAX # NotifyCmd: bin/notify.php EOF # ADD MODEMS TO DATABASE for i in `ls /etc/hylafax/config.*`; do if [ "$i" != "/etc/hylafax/config.sav" ]; then if [ "$i" != "/etc/hylafax/config.devid" ]; then tilde=`echo $i | grep '~'` if [ "$?" -eq "1" ]; then if [ -f $i ]; then modem=`echo $i | awk -F'/' '{print $6}' | awk -F'.' '{print $2}'` # ADD MODEMS TO AVANTFAX DATABASE mysql --user=$USER --password=$PASS -e "INSERT INTO Modems SET device='$modem', alias ='$modem'" $DB echo "Configuring $modem for AvantFAX" fi fi fi fi done # ADD CRONTAB ENTRIES echo "Setting up /etc/cron.d/avantfax" printf "0 0 * * *\t$INSTDIR/includes/avantfaxcron.php -t 2\n" > /etc/cron.d/avantfax echo -e "Installation complete\n\n" IP=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr" | awk -F' ' '{print $2}' | awk -F':' '{print $2}'` echo -e "Log into the Administrative interface at: http://$IP/admin/" echo -e "Username: admin\nPassword: password" # DONE # ###End######################################################## Install Avantfax. Code: ./debian-install.sh Change /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default. Code: nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default Replace: DocumentRoot /var/www by: DocumentRoot /var/www/avantfax Replace: <Directory /var/www/> by: <Directory /var/www/avantfax/> Save file and quit Change crontab. Code: crontab -e Add these line at bottom: ###Begin######################################## # runs once an hour to update the phone book 0 * * * * /var/www/avantfax/includes/phb.php # runs once a day to remove old files 0 0 * * * /var/www/avantfax/includes/avantfaxcron.php -t 2 ###End######################################### Save file and quit Reboot box. Code: reboot Logon root and setup hylafax users. Code: /usr/sbin/faxadduser -f newhosts -a pwd www-data /usr/sbin/faxdeluser localhost /usr/sbin/faxdeluser 127.0.0.1 echo 127.0.0.1 >> newhosts echo localhost >> newhosts cat /etc/hylafax/hosts.hfaxd >> newhosts cat newhosts > /etc/hylafax/hosts.hfaxd rm -f newhosts Reboot box. Code: reboot Now you can access fax server: http://192.168.1.10/admin First time you have to change admin's password, then create Categories, create Modem (Example fax modem 1: Device*: ttySHSF0, Alias*: sale, Contact: [email protected], Category: Category1. Example fax modem 2: Device*: ttySHSF1, Alias*: support, Contact: [email protected], Category: Category2). Return dashboard if you see after sale and support say [Please wait], you get back server, logon root and run some code again (I don't know why): /usr/sbin/faxadduser -f newhosts -a pwd www-data /usr/sbin/faxdeluser localhost /usr/sbin/faxdeluser 127.0.0.1 echo 127.0.0.1 >> newhosts echo localhost >> newhosts cat /etc/hylafax/hosts.hfaxd >> newhosts cat newhosts > /etc/hylafax/hosts.hfaxd rm -f newhosts Get back web brownser, reload page, if you see after sale and support say [Idle] with blue color => good. Now you can send, recived fax and send fax via email Thanks: http://ubuntu.com http://www.hylafax.org http://www.avantfax.com https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/Conexant http://www.linuxant.com/alsa-driver/downloads-ubuntu-x86.php http://www.howtoforge.com/build-a-hylafax-server-with-avantfax-on-debian-etch http://www.zyxware.com/articles/641...at-starting-mail-transport-agent-mta-sendmail And thank you http://www.howtoforge.com very much. I learn alot from you.
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