tim@ora.UUCP (04/28/87)
We are in the process of revising our Nutshell Handbook,
Managing UUCP and Usenet. Most of the revisions have to
do with adding info on HoneyDanBer UUCP; however, there are
a number of other weaknesses we are trying to clear up as well.
A number of people have responded to earlier an earlier posting
in comp.unix.questions. Thanks. However, much was left to ask.
1. The AT&T 3B1 (UNIX PC) and other Convergent Technologies systems
use a file called modemcap, which contains termcap-like
descriptions of modems. Do any other systems use this
file? (One person suggested that they'd heard of something
similar called acucap, but gave no additional details.)
2. What is the "true" story about forwarding uucp requests.
The documentation for some systems claims that forwarding is
enabled by default, but can be restricted by entries in
files called ORIGFILE and FWDFILE. Berkeley documentation
says forwarding doesn't work, but there is a program called
uusend to do it. Any light on this topic would be appreciated.
3. Does anyone have any particularly interesting chat
scripts that they have made to work. I am particularly
interested in chats that go through some kind of a LAN
switch, or other complicated sequence. I would also like
information on dialing out through a LAN.
All contributions will be acknowleged, and the security
of the systems in question protected.
Please reply by mail (unless you think this topic is of
general interest.) Thanks very much.
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