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I remember seeing somebody talk about UUCP over ethernet ( TCP/IP )
in the not-too-distant-past. At the time I wasn't interested ( ain't
that the way ?).

The file "/etc/services" mentions the uucp daemon both on SCO ver 3.2.2
conference      531/tcp         chat
netnews         532/tcp         readnews
netwall         533/udp                         # -for emergency broadcasts
uucp            540/tcp         uucpd           # uucp daemon
remotefs        556/tcp         rfs_server rfs  # Brunhoff remote filesystem

and on Sun OS ver 4.1.2
shell           514/tcp         cmd             # no passwords used
printer         515/tcp         spooler         # line printer spooler
courier         530/tcp         rpc             # experimental
uucp            540/tcp         uucpd           # uucp daemon
biff            512/udp         comsat
who             513/udp         whod

In Sun 4.1.2 the file /etc/uucp/Devices also ( tantalizingly ) mentions
uucp via TCP, to wit;
# The Devices file is used in conjunction with the Dialers file.
# Types that appear in the 5th field must be either built-in
#  functions (801, Sytek, TCP, Unetserver, DK)
#  or standard functions whose name appears in the first
#  field in the Dialers file.
[ stuff deleted ]
#

# TCP,et - - Any TCP -

Authors Kochan & Wood writing in Unix Networking mention uucp via TCP
in passing, but not in any detail.

I've looked all over many local systems searching for "uucpd" with no
luck.

How about some pointers?

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Dunno about Solaris/SunOS, but Taylor-UUCP does this perfectly. We're
using this to transfer batched compressed USENET News via a ISDN PPP
link. You don't need any uucpd here, as uucico has the appropriate
switch to run in TCP-mode. This may be essentially the same with HDB...

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Quote:>Hi all:

>I remember seeing somebody talk about UUCP over ethernet ( TCP/IP )
>in the not-too-distant-past. At the time I wasn't interested ( ain't
>that the way ?).

>The file "/etc/services" mentions the uucp daemon both on SCO ver 3.2.2
>conference      531/tcp         chat
>netnews         532/tcp         readnews
>netwall         533/udp                         # -for emergency broadcasts
>uucp            540/tcp         uucpd           # uucp daemon
>remotefs        556/tcp         rfs_server rfs  # Brunhoff remote filesystem

>and on Sun OS ver 4.1.2
>shell           514/tcp         cmd             # no passwords used
>printer         515/tcp         spooler         # line printer spooler
>courier         530/tcp         rpc             # experimental
>uucp            540/tcp         uucpd           # uucp daemon
>biff            512/udp         comsat
>who             513/udp         whod

>In Sun 4.1.2 the file /etc/uucp/Devices also ( tantalizingly ) mentions
>uucp via TCP, to wit;
># The Devices file is used in conjunction with the Dialers file.
># Types that appear in the 5th field must be either built-in
>#  functions (801, Sytek, TCP, Unetserver, DK)
>#  or standard functions whose name appears in the first
>#  field in the Dialers file.
>[ stuff deleted ]
>#

># TCP,et - - Any TCP -

>Authors Kochan & Wood writing in Unix Networking mention uucp via TCP
>in passing, but not in any detail.

>I've looked all over many local systems searching for "uucpd" with no
>luck.

>How about some pointers?

Make sure the /etc/inetd.conf file has the uucp entry uncommented

Next, the /etc/uucp/Systems file should have a line like:

systemname Any TCP - system.name.edu login: uucplogin word: uucppass

system.name.edu is the name or ip address of the system.
'-' can be replaced with the port if not 540, which was in
the /etc/inet/services file you showed above.

Hope this helps,
Mike

Can't tell about Solaris2.3 -- daemon should be in /usr/sbin,
but I can't find it.  I suspect uucp never got installed...

One * glitch is that it times out very quickly during
login/passwd dialogue -- trick is to send mylogin\nmypasswd\n in
one string, without the usual wait-for-prompt.
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Is there any FAQ to setup UUCP for solaris 2.3 ? If anybody has it,
can you email me? thanks

: |> Hi all:
: |>
: |> I remember seeing somebody talk about UUCP over ethernet ( TCP/IP )
: |> in the not-too-distant-past. At the time I wasn't interested ( ain't
: |> that the way ?).
: |>
: |> Authors Kochan & Wood writing in Unix Networking mention uucp via TCP
: |> in passing, but not in any detail.
: |>
: |> I've looked all over many local systems searching for "uucpd" with no
: |> luck.
: |>
: |> How about some pointers?
: |>

: Dunno about Solaris/SunOS, but Taylor-UUCP does this perfectly. We're
: using this to transfer batched compressed USENET News via a ISDN PPP
: link. You don't need any uucpd here, as uucico has the appropriate
: switch to run in TCP-mode. This may be essentially the same with HDB...

: --
: +-o-+--------------------------------------------------------+-o-+
: | o |               \\\- Brain Inside -///                   | o |
: | o |                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                       | o |

: +-o-+--------------------------------------------------------+-o-+

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