Install HylaFax server in linux

1. Download the HylaFAX RPM available here.
2. The following packages should be properly installed before HylaFAX. You can test by executing 'rpm -q packagename'.
   • libtiff-3.5.5 or better
     (get it at ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/6.2/i386/libtiff-3.5.5-2.i386.rpm)
   • ghostscript-5.50 or better
     (get it at ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ghostscript-5.50-1.i386.rpm)
   • ghostscript-fonts-5.50 or better
     (get it at ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ghostscript-5.50-1.i386.rpm)
   • You'll also need this one, although you probably have it already: sharutils
3. Uninstall mgetty-sendfax if it is installed via 'rpm -e mgetty-sendfax'.
4. Install the HylaFAX RPM file(s) via 'rpm -Uvh hylafax*rpm'.
   Run /usr/sbin/faxsetup and then /usr/sbin/faxaddmodem and answer the questions appropriately. Note that it is critical to be consistent in the nomenclature for the modem. RedHat likes to set up /dev/modem as a symbolic link to the real serial port (for example /dev/ttyS1), however, I would recommmend that /dev/ttySx be used religiously during the HylaFAX setup.
   If faxaddmodem does not detect your modem type automagically then you will likely need to create a config file in /var/spool/hylafax/config for your modem and re-run faxaddmodem. See the Modem Config Files section. DPN
5. Add the line: 'mo:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty ttySx' to /etc/inittab where ttySx is the name of your /dev device used in faxsetup and faxaddmodem. Also, run '/usr/sbin/ntsysv' and make sure that the hylafax service is set to be started. This service can be started, stopped, and restarted as any other service via '/etc/rc.d/init.d/hylafax'.
6. HylaFAX faxsetup created a mail alias called FaxMaster. Edit this alias to direct mail to the intended recipient of fax information and incoming faxes. For example, 'pico /etc/aliases' and change the appropriate line to 'FaxMaster: faxuser@mydomain.com' where faxuser@mydomain.com is the intended e-mail address of the incoming fax recipient. (Actually, this could have been configured during faxsetup, but it likely got missed.) Then execute '/usr/bin/newaliases'.
7. The HylaFAX installation is now complete. However, you'll likely only be able to receive one fax without re-executing '/usr/sbin/faxgetty ttySx' each time. So, the easiest way to get the /etc/inittab changes functioning is to restart the server, 'shutdown -r now' or to restart init via '/sbin/init q'.

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