UUCP via TCP

[robert.phillips]

In article <1991Jan26.012029.36153 at shared.uucp> davec at shared.uucp (Dave Close) writes:
>My Intel SysV R4 box is connected to the world only via Ethernet.  Another
>box on the net has the modem and runs uucp.  So, to transfer to/from external
>systems using uucp, I must relay through the other system.
>
....
>
>Try as I can, I can't find a value for addressx which works.  Just entering
>the system name, Uutry returns "invalid address format".  Entering the IP
>address or socket number, or any combination, or anything containing a period
>or a comma, causes Uutry to say "address family not supported by protocol
>family".  Of course, all the examples in the manual are for StarLan.
>
>Can anyone say if this should work?  If so, what am I doing wrong?
>-- 
>        Dave Close, Shared Financial Systems, Dallas
>        davec at shared.com       vmail +1 214 458 3850
>        uunet!shared!davec       fax +1 214 458 3876
>My comments are my opinions and may not be shared by Shared.


Well,  UUCP over TCP/IP works, but not in the way that you are trying it.
At the risk of annoying someone in the Company, it is pretty silly to give
examples for Starlan, when few people outside of AT&T or its spin-offs have
ever used it, heard of it, or cared one whit about it.

Try something like this (Entries from my own System V R4 386--known to WORK--
with names and addresses changed to protect the innocent)
/etc/uucp/Systems:

bart Any TcpCico10 - \x00020401c10c6d61


/etc/uucp/Devices:
TcpCico10,eg tcp - - TLI \D listencico10

/etc/uucp/Dialers

listencico10	""	"" NLPS:000:001:10\N\c

/etc/saf/tcp/_pmtab
10::listen:reserved:reserved:reserved:::c::/usr/lib/uucp/uucico -r 0 -i TLI -u uucp

And don't forget that your nlps server must be properly configured in
/etc/saf/tcp/_pmtab, as well.  That entry should look something like
0::root:reserved:reserved:reserved:\x00020ACEC10C6D610000000000000000::c::/usr/lib/saf/nlps_server


Good luck
Rob
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-- 
Rob Phillips
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