kat2@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Robby Kates) (07/21/87)
I need detailed and thorough instructions to set up UUCP. A book on UUCP will be very helpful. Anybody got something ??? Please mail me title/author/publisher (anything to track it down by). Something that covered UUCP internals as well would be really great. Thanks. -- -Robby Kates ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!kat2 kat2@sphinx.uchicago.edu
eravin@dasys1.UUCP (Ed Ravin) (07/23/87)
In article <2098@sphinx.uchicago.edu> kat2@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Robby Kates) writes: > > I need detailed and thorough instructions to set up UUCP. A book on UUCP >will be very helpful. Anybody got something ??? Please mail me >title/author/publisher (anything to track it down by). Something that covered >UUCP internals as well would be really great. Check out "Managing UUCP and Usenet", by Grace Todino and Tim O'Reilly, published by: O'Reilly & Associates 981 Chestnut Street Newton, MA 02159 I forget what it costs, either 15 or 30 bucks. Well worth the price if you want cradle-to-grave instructions for UUCP. Here's some of the table of contents for the first few chapters: 1: How UUCP works Behind the Scenes Setting Up a Link Files and Directories UUCP Login ID's 2: The Physical Connection Building Serial Cables Configuring Serial Ports Communications Settings Testing the Line (and more chapter headings...) 3: Setting up a UUCP Link 4: Making Sure the Link Works 5: Access and Security Considerations 6: UUCP Administration The next three chapters explain Usenet and Netnews for administrators. These are real books; not the baby food that you find in popular bookstores these days ("Unix for Yuppies" by Donna Nonuhtin). The authors also cover most known flavors of UUCP. They describe the "generic" system V and then how Xenix, Berkely, HoneyDanBer (also known as BNU for Basic Networking Utilties) and Version 2 differ. The publisher was a little slow shipping us our copy: you might want to ask them when they expect to ship your order. They also have a companion volume, called "Using UUCP and Usenet", which I haven't looked at yet but it too is probably worthwhile. -- Ed -- Ed Ravin eravin@dasys1.uucp Programmer-at-Large (a.k.a. cmcl2!cucard!dasys1!eravin) Definitize what the procedural aspects of the American assumption should be.
ehrlich@psuvax1.UUCP (Dan Ehrlich) (07/23/87)
In article <2098@sphinx.uchicago.edu> kat2@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Robby Kates) writes: > > I need detailed and thorough instructions to set up UUCP. A book on UUCP >will be very helpful. Anybody got something ??? Please mail me >title/author/publisher (anything to track it down by). Something that covered >UUCP internals as well would be really great. >Thanks. > >-- > >-Robby Kates >...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!kat2 >kat2@sphinx.uchicago.edu I would sugest that you get a copy of "Managing UUCP and USENET" from O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. I think it cost ~$12 list. There address is: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. 981 Chestnut Street Newton, MA 02159 This little book is a treasure trove of information for those either without sources or time to read them. Fairly detailed information, including how to make modem cables. They do not take credit cards the last time I asked. Also, they offer a 10% educational discount off list. -- --Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@psuvax1.{psu.edu,bitnet,uucp}> The Pennsylvania State University, Computer Science Department 333 Whitmore Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802 +1 814 863 1142
tim@ora.UUCP (Tim O'Reilly) (07/24/87)
In article <2098@sphinx.uchicago.edu>, kat2@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Robby Kates) writes: > > I need detailed and thorough instructions to set up UUCP. A book on UUCP > will be very helpful. Anybody got something ??? Please mail me > title/author/publisher (anything to track it down by). Something that covered > UUCP internals as well would be really great. > Thanks. > My company publishes two books on UUCP: Using UUCP and Usenet (172 pages) and Managing UUCP and Usenet (216 pages). The Managing book sounds like what you need. It has recently been updated and expanded to cover BNU (HoneyDanBer UUCP) as well as the old Version 2 UUCP, and we've added a lot of material on debugging connections, and so on. You can order the books by sending $9 for Using UUCP, and $12 for Managing UUCP, plus $2.50 shipping and handling to: Nutshell Handbooks O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 981 Chestnut Street, Newton, MA 02164 or by calling 1-800-338-NUTS (617-527-4210 in MA). MC & VISA ok. Nutshell Handbook is a trademark of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. -- Tim O'Reilly (617) 527-4210 O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Publishers of Nutshell Handbooks 981 Chestnut Street, Newton, MA 02164 UUCP: seismo!uunet!ora!tim ARPA: tim@ora.uu.net
don@seila.UUCP (Don Kossman) (07/25/87)
In article <2098@sphinx.uchicago.edu> kat2@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Robby Kates) writes: > > I need detailed and thorough instructions to set up UUCP. A book on UUCP >will be very helpful. [etc...] I have seen some fairly concise little books called "Nutshell Guides" (or something similar)- but unfortunately failed to write down an address for the publisher. The one i saw was for uucp and i believe there are others on different UNIX subjects. Perhaps someone can follow up with the details. -- Don Kossman, SEI Information Technology, Los Angeles usenet: {ccicpg!imt3b2 | peregrine!imt3b2 | sun!tsunami}!seila!don
tim@ora.UUCP (Tim O'Reilly) (07/27/87)
In article <876@dasys1.UUCP>, eravin@dasys1.UUCP (Ed Ravin) writes: > Check out "Managing UUCP and Usenet", by Grace Todino and Tim O'Reilly, > They also have a companion volume, called "Using UUCP and Usenet", > which I haven't looked at yet but it too is probably worthwhile. > > ...The publisher was a little slow shipping us our copy: you might want to ask > them when they expect to ship your order. My apologies for the delayed shipment. We were in the process of revising the books, and the edition about which you had so many nice things to say was delayed for a while. We are now shipping books within no more than two days from the date of the order. Incidentally, we now take MasterCard and Visa, and have an 800 number (1-800-338-NUTS). -- Tim O'Reilly (617) 527-4210 O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Publishers of Nutshell Handbooks 981 Chestnut Street, Newton, MA 02164 UUCP: seismo!uunet!ora!tim ARPA: tim@ora.uu.net