UUCP - UUXQT question

[Rick Kelly]

In article <2229 at ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> clewis at ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
>In article <430 at dogear.spk.wa.us> root at dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick) writes:
>>He just bought Coherent, which (I guess) is running HDB UUCP.
>
>Does Coherent's version of UUCP have a "Permissions" file?  If so, it
>sounds like a HDB, and the:

Coherent does have a "Permissions" file.

>>The errormessage in his logs say No permission for Rnews.
>
>implies that "rnews" hasn't been mentioned in the Permissions file.
>(In HDB, you have to explicitly enable permission to remotely execute
>commands.  Except for rmail (which is what e-mail uses) which is the
>default.  If you put rnews in, you'll have to mention rmail as well.

There is a "COMMMAND=" in the "Permissions" file.

One of his problems is the system name of the calling system.

Coherent only accepts up to seven characters for a system name.

Rick Kelly	rmk at rmkhome.UUCP	frog!rmkhome!rmk	rmk at frog.UUCP