Re: UUCP on macOS / *BSD

2020-07-01 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/1/20 9:19 PM, Chris Hanson wrote: macOS switched to launchd from inetd a very long time ago. If you're going to use macOS as a UUCP node you'll want to enable the com.apple.uucp service, which will ensure uucico is run for you by the system. I understand what you're saying, and why

Re: UUCP on macOS / *BSD

2020-07-01 Thread Chris Hanson via cctalk
On Jun 28, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > - uuto / uucp copy files from my non-root / non-(_)uucp user to the UUCP > spool. But the (demand based) ""call (pipe over SSH) is failing. macOS switched to launchd from inetd a very long time ago. If you're going to use

Re: UUCP on macOS / *BSD

2020-07-01 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/1/20 1:14 PM, Kevin Lee wrote: Mac OS 10.15 and above had very tight controls on what can run in user space. Areas are designated off limits and blocked for security reasons. According to apple. OS X 11 is worse. I found System Integrity Protection to be annoying. But I don't think

Re: UUCP on macOS / *BSD

2020-07-01 Thread Kevin Lee via cctalk
Taylor wrote: >> Does anyone have any experience with UUCP on macOS or *BSD systems that >> would be willing to help me figure something out? > > I ended up getting this to work. > > I don't know if it was a macOSism or a *BSDism, but the root of the problem > was cro

Re: UUCP on macOS / *BSD

2020-07-01 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 6/28/20 6:48 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: Does anyone have any experience with UUCP on macOS or *BSD systems that would be willing to help me figure something out? I ended up getting this to work. I don't know if it was a macOSism or a *BSDism, but the root of the problem was crossing between

UUCP on macOS / *BSD

2020-06-28 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
Does anyone have any experience with UUCP on macOS or *BSD systems that would be willing to help me figure something out? I'm working on adding a macOS X system to my micro UUCP network and running into some problems. - uuto / uucp copy files from my non-root / non-(_)uucp user