101383 2005-08-04 13:41 0000 HylaFax doesn't startup because of wrong user on /var/spool/fax 2006-03-18 19:14:23 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications unspecified x86 Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 gentoo-bugs@vitoni.de nerdboy@gentoo.org gentoo-bugs@vitoni.de 2005-08-04 13:41:40 0000 The "/var/spool/fax" is owned by the user "fax". However hylafax ecpects it to be "uucp". After "chown"ing "/var/spool/fax" to uucp:uucp it seems to work. If "fax" is the correct usser hylafax should be changed to use this one as default. Another problem was that the start script seems to be successful but actually it quits. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try /etc/init.d/hylafax start 2. 'ps -afe | grep fax' shows nothing 3. The log says: ... Can not change directory to /var/spool/fax 4. chown uucp:uucp /var/spool/fax 5. /etc/init.d/hylafax zap 6. /etc/init.d/hylafax start 7. 'ps -afe | grep fax' shows the process Expected Results: 2. - 6. shouldn't be necessary nerdboy@gentoo.org 2005-08-12 00:40:14 0000 Now fixed in CVS... nathan.stocks@gmail.com 2006-03-18 19:14:23 0000 Regression! I would reopen the bug, but it won't let me. I emerged version 4.2.5 on a clean system immediately after 'emerge --sync'ing today, and spent quite some time tracking down why it wouldn't start. The problem is exactly what the initial poster describes. Changing ownership of /var/spool/fax from fax:fax to uucp:uucp made it so that Hylafax would start.