On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 06:10:23PM +0200, Doron Shmaryahu wrote: > > I have a machine with a permanent connection, that I am installing for a > client. Their provider lets them collect mail via UUCP. Can anyone explain > in simple terms how to use uucp. I have the node name, username and > password. I just don't know how to use it. The only examples I can find are > regarding uucp and dial up.
Reading your last sentence, I guess you will be doing UUCP over TCP/IP. Basically, the setup is the same as for dialup, just instead of connecting through a modem, you connect via TCP/IP. I'll try to give some samples based on the files I use myself (don't shoot me if there are mistakes in my samples, I'm trying to put it together from much more complicated files without reading the whole UUCP book again): - make sure all the files in /etc/uucp/ are owned by the user uucp and group uucp!!! - for uucp over TCP/IP you don't need the dial file - if you only call out but will not be called by others, you don't need the passwd file - /etc/uucp/call: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # system-name login-name password provider Uyou yourpwd ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> provider is the uucp nodename (peername) of your provider -> Uyou is the uucp-login name you are assigned -> yourpwd is the password for Uyou - /etc/uucp/config: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- uuname you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> you is the uucp nodename (peername) you were assigned - /etc/uucp/port: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- port TCP type tcp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> instead of specifying modems and serial ports here, you need to set these to TCP - /etc/uucp/sys: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- time ANY 1 port TCP chat ogin: \L ssword: \P call-login * call-password * protocol-parameter g window 7 protocol-parameter g packet-size 1024 system provider address your.providers.uucp.host ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> this assumes that you use the g protocol with a window size of 7 and a packet size of 1k -> \L and \P will be taken from your /usr/uucp/call file -> the value for the system keyword (provider) must correspond to the first entry on a line in your /etc/uucp/call file -> the address is the fully qualified hostname or IP address of your providers uucp host The sample files in /etc/uucp/ are a good starting poing. You might also want to have a good look at the uucp info pages (use the command 'info uucp'). And if you really want to learn the details, I can recommend O'Reilly's book 'Using & Managing uucp' (ISBN: 1-56592-153-4), but it might be hard to find a copy, since it has been out of print for quite some time. Cheers, Kurt To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message