[comp.mail.uucp] SysVr2 to HDB with a long name, how to setup?

beattie@visenix.UUCP (Brian Beattie) (09/09/88)

I'm trying to set up a connection between my machine
and a machine running HDBuucp.  As you may notice my machine
name is >6 characters long.

Any help would be appreciated.
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honey@umix.cc.umich.edu (Peter Honeyman) (09/10/88)

you have it backwards -- it's the other uucps that have trouble with
long host names.  with honey danber, 14 or fewer is no problem.

	peter

jrmacmillan@watdragon.waterloo.edu (John R. MacMillan) (09/11/88)

In article <4631@umix.cc.umich.edu> honey@umix.cc.umich.edu (Peter Honeyman) writes:
|you have it backwards -- it's the other uucps that have trouble with
|long host names.  with honey danber, 14 or fewer is no problem.

I think that's what he means...I had a similar problem with my home machine.
It was called 'paradox' but since it's own uucp could only handle 6 chars,
it thought it was 'parado'.  This was no problem calling in to other sites
that could only handle six, but systems that could handle more didn't
recognize me.

I believe that the folks at the other end had to do some sendmail magic
for me, but I don't know.  I, too, would like to hear about a general
solution (other than "get HDB"; I've tried).
-- 
John R. MacMillan
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honey@umix.cc.umich.edu (Peter Honeyman) (09/12/88)

here's what i suggested to visenix!beattie in private mail.  on the
honey danber side, do this:

cd /usr/spool/uucp
mkdir longname
/etc/link longname longnam
chown uucp longname
mkdir longname/.unremovable

the mkdir prevents any cleanup daemon from removing the directories.
it may or may not be necessary to add longnam to Systems -- depending
on how badly broken the other side's mailer is -- but it can't hurt.

on bsd systems running honey danber, or replace /etc/link with ln -s.

for the record, rick suggests that honey danber acquire the bsd
aliasing trick, and i tend to agree.

	peter