[comp.unix.questions] UUCP Documentation References

kat2@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Robby Kates) (07/27/87)

Followup-To:



  Thanks to everyone who sent recommendations!  I have not been able to get
responses through to many of you due to problems in UUCP (how ironic).
Anyways... here is a listing of the recommendations:

Overall the best (most recommended) :

Nutshell Handbooks on "Setting Up UUCP...." and "Managing UUCP...." from
O'Reilly and Associates.

O'Reilly & Associates
981 Chesnut St.
Newton, MA 02164
617-527-4210.

"Uucp Implementation Description" by D.A. Nowitz.  This paper may be found in
the UNIX Programmer's Manual, Vol 2, 7th Edition published by Holt, Rinehart
and Winston.  

"Bringing Up Unix Systems Communications - A Case Study" by Dr. Rebecca Thomas.
UNIX/World June & July 1986

AT&T Bell Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report # 111, "Another Try
at Uucp", Robert T. Morris.  (201) 582-4905 

"Experimental Implementation of UUCP - Security Aspects", D.A. Nowitz,
P. Honeyman and B.E. Redman, January 1984 UniForm Conference Proceedings, 
Washington D.C., pages 245-250. 

"HoneyDanBer UUCP - Bringing UNIX Systems into the Information Age" by Bill 
Rieken and Jim Webb.  Part 1 May/June, 1986 issue of ;login.  
Part 2 July/August, 1986 issue of ;login.  

"UNIX System V Basic Networking Utilities"  select code 307-165
from AT&T

"UNIX System Security"  Patrick H. Wood & Stphen G. Kochan, Hayden Books
ISBN 0-8104-6267-2  (although it doesn't have the ISBN prefix, the
numbering looks correct)

Fiedler and Hunter, "UNIX System Administration", Hayden Books, 1986

General reference and advice:

Jim Joyce's UNIX Bookstore
47 Potomac St
SF, CA 94117
415/626-7581


Again,
Thanks to everyone for their help!
-Robby
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-Robby Kates
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