uucico/uugetty lockup solved!

[ACP Network]

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my questions
about our uucp software locking up.  The problem has been solved.

It seems that we recently changed from the remote computers calling
ukma to ukma calling the remote computers.  Each of the systems has
a cron entry to reset the modem (via killing the uugetty, which drops
DTR, which makes the modem reset).  This event USED to be well clear
of any modem activity, but it didn't get moved when we changed the
uucp procedure.

Guess which site was usually transferring news when the reset 
occurred ...:-)

(Yes, I'm pretty sheepish about it, heck I've looked at that
cron file...)

Once again, thanks everyone.  I did get some pointers about making
the modem configurations more robust; I'll be looking into our
setup.

Kenneth Herron
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acp at ms.uky.edu        University of Kentucky         ACP Network Consultant
ukma!acp         Dept. of Mathematics, room 715 POT          (606) 257-2975
                       Lexington, KY 40506