Subject: Re: Config uucp?
To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@pci.on.ca>
From: Terry Moore <tmm@mcci.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/27/1995 02:53:50
> I'm looking at configuring uucp. It appears that a recent
> version of Taylor is included (so that I'm not encouraged to import my
> own version), but I'm not positive how it is configured.
>
> The man pages point to /usr/lib/uucp for configuration, but
> I'm not entirely trusting of them yet --- mainly because the directory
> hasn't been been created by any of the many make installs that I have
> done. It would help if someone could point out how uucp is config'd
> on NetBSD and maybe it could be made easier and more clear in the
> future.
I think that, like SunOS, NetBSD really is looking in /etc/uucp for its
uucp setup information. After my install, /etc came pre-filled with an
empty uucp directory (sic). That is where I've put everything myself,
and things work. I believe that the config stuff (in /usr/src/gnu/...
libexec/uucp) compiles /etc/uucp into the executables.
Taylor uucp works pretty well, but there were a number of patches and
adjustments requried in the auxiliary and support scripts. You really
need a place to start if you're not a uucp wizard. I think
Simon G. posted a bunch of his uucp scripts sometime in the past. I've
got stuff working here, and can post my scripts (which include all the
usual maintenance scripts); but I'm not as careful as Simon is, and
I reckon that his stuff, if available, will be more robust.
One thing that is essential, if you want to use a dialin line for dialout
as well, is a solution to the uugetty problem. Several people have posted
fixes. I've got a getty -> uugetty patch file, but I've not brought it
forward to NetBSD 1.1 yet, and don't know how big the differences are.
--Terry
tmm@mcci.com tel: +1-607