Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:31:57 +0100 From: pbdlists@pinboard.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Doron Shmaryahu <doronh@crc.co.za> Subject: Re: UUCP Mail Message-ID: <20021106223157.A63360@pinboard.com> In-Reply-To: <00c801c285af$038b5870$0801a8c0@dman>; from doronh@crc.co.za on Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 06:10:23PM %2B0200 References: <00c801c285af$038b5870$0801a8c0@dman>
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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
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