jwp@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival) (01/22/86)
We just got our ULTRIX 32-M running on our MicroVax, and have a snag with getting uucp running. If any user fires up uucico, then the transaction proceeds as expected. When cron tries to fire up the hourly connection though, we see "... STTY FAILED" in the ERRLOG file. The fact that we can run it manually must mean that we have our files set up right, and the fact that a non-priveleged user can fire it up must mean that permissions are not the problem. Any thoughts? Oh yes, is there a "hot line" number that DEC provides for this sort of question? Thanks! -- Jeff Percival ...!uwvax!uwmacc!jwp
karl@vrdxhq.UUCP (Karl Nyberg) (02/08/86)
I had the same problem. The problem is that /usr/lib/crontab as
distributed does an "su uucp <", while /etc/passwd as gives uucp a
login shell of /usr/lib/uucp/uucico. Uucp can't handle shell scripts
out of uucico. Either remove the "su uucp <", or give uucp a real
login shell (/bin/sh, /bin/csh, etc.) so it can run the scripts.
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