Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 01:43:48 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: "Jay D. Nelson" <jdn@qiv.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uucp assistance needed Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95.970306014259.21168E-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970305182736.438D-100000@acp.qiv.com>
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On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Jay D. Nelson wrote: > On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Richard Chang wrote: > > -> I am in need of help from someone more experienced with uucp. > -> > -> I want the uucp machine to call up via uucico (which it currently > ->can do, I just don't have a login & password to get me uucp access) to our > > You must have a uucp login account on the machine earth that executes > uucico as a login shell. The uucp system on the machine earth must also be > configured to know who you are. How does one configure the uucp system on the machine earth? > ->machine earth. > -> > -> It then needs to transfer news files to earth either directly to > ->/usr/local/dnews/uucpin or to another directory where they can later be > ->copied to /usr/local/dnews/uucpin. > -> > -> It also needs to retrieve any news waiting to go out via uucp from > ->/usr/local/dnews/uucpout. > -> > -> That's pretty much it...like I said, the uucp machine is directly > ->connected via null modem cable, so it gets to the login prompt, I just > ->don't know how to set up earth. Config files are in /etc/uucp, I briefly > ->played with them, but I'm not sure how it's supposed to work. > -> > -> Thanks a bunch! Richard
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