dave@andromeda.UUCP (Dave Bloom) (03/03/86)
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Our system name is andromeda, a Pyramid 90x running Berkeley's UUCP.
We are talking to a 3B2 (SystemV.2) running Hunney-Danber (sp?) UUCP.
The problem is this:
When andromeda establishes a connection, it sends an Shere
specifying "androme". If the Systems/Permissions files on
the 3B2 specify "andromeda" as the system name, we get a
"You are unknown to me" message on the Pyramid side. Yet if
we specify "androme" as the system name, mailers return an
"unknown system" message when a 3B2 user tries something like
'mail andromeda!root'.
Right now we are set up as "androme" on the 3B, but would like the REAL
name (andromeda) to be accepted by 3B mailers. Any ideas from you net
folks? We have little or no documentation on H-D uucp.
Thanx.
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ihnp4!packard / "You're never alone with a schizophrenic...."david@ztivax.UUCP (03/05/86)
I think I just read about your problem in net.unix-wizar (note our 4.2 system has limits on notice name sizes too!). There is a limit on host names of 7 chars (8 chars SOMETIMES work) on uucp. Since your mail gets processed/forwarded by different systems, you will be better off keeping your host name to 7 letters: androme Yes, it is stupid.
philip@axis.UUCP (Philip Peake) (03/05/86)
In article <108@andromeda.UUCP> dave@andromeda.UUCP writes: ><> >Our system name is andromeda, a Pyramid 90x running Berkeley's UUCP. >We are talking to a 3B2 (SystemV.2) running Hunney-Danber (sp?) UUCP. >The problem is this: > > When andromeda establishes a connection, it sends an Shere > specifying "androme". If the Systems/Permissions files on > the 3B2 specify "andromeda" as the system name, we get a > "You are unknown to me" message on the Pyramid side. Yet if > we specify "androme" as the system name, mailers return an > "unknown system" message when a 3B2 user tries something like > 'mail andromeda!root'. This sounds like a bug in the Pyramid uucp to me. As I understand the current uucp situation, it is only the first 6 characters of a site name which should be considered significant. This is the result of some random decision generator at AT&T. If you have a uucp system which lookes at more than the first six characters you are going to have problems .... Philip Peake ------------------------------------------------- PS don't blame me, send all complaints to AT&T !
honey@down.FUN (Peter Honeyman) (03/10/86)
the 6/7/8 byte host name myth is just that, a myth. i have debunked it too many times in the past, and don't have the stamina to do so again. peter