kayvan@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Kayvan Sylvan) (10/13/89)
Is there any way on Xenix to set up an anonymous UUCP login?
It seems that the calling machine must be known in the Systems file of
the receiving host even if the connection is a one-way one.
The problem is that a site called us with a generic uucp login/passwd
and was not able to connect.
uustat tells me:
csoftec 10/12-10:33 BAD LOGIN/MACHINE COMBINATION
---Kayvan
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= Interested in story telling group? Mail yarn-spinners-request@transact.com =jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) (10/13/89)
kayvan@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Kayvan Sylvan) writes: >Is there any way on Xenix to set up an anonymous UUCP login? >It seems that the calling machine must be known in the Systems file of >the receiving host even if the connection is a one-way one. Assuming that you are using the SCO Xenix 2.3.1+ version of HDB, all you have to do is to put an entry in the Permissions file for OTHER, and to make sure that "anonuucp" (or whatever you want to use for the anonymous UUCP login) is in the /etc/passwd file with no password, and finally that a working subdirectory for "anonuucp" is set up in /usr/spool/uucp. JB -- Jonathan Bayer Intelligent Software Products, Inc. (201) 245-5922 500 Oakwood Ave. jbayer@ispi.COM Roselle Park, NJ 07204
daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) (10/13/89)
In article <KAYVAN.89Oct12165507@mrspoc.Transact.COM> Kayvan Sylvan writes: >Is there any way on Xenix to set up an anonymous UUCP login? > >It seems that the calling machine must be known in the Systems file of >the receiving host even if the connection is a one-way one. > >The problem is that a site called us with a generic uucp login/passwd >and was not able to connect. The Systems file is only consulted when your machine initiates connections. The Permissions file is consulted when a remote attempts connection to your machine. To permit anonymous uucp connections, create an entry for LOGNAME=OTHER in your Permissions file. -- Dave Hammond daveh@marob.masa.com
edhew@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) (10/22/89)
In article <1185@ispi.UUCP> jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) writes: > >Assuming that you are using the SCO Xenix 2.3.1+ version of HDB, all you >have to do is to put an entry in the Permissions file for OTHER, and to >make sure that "anonuucp" (or whatever you want to use for the anonymous >UUCP login) is in the /etc/passwd file with no password, and finally >that a working subdirectory for "anonuucp" is set up in /usr/spool/uucp. On SCO Xenix 2.3.x HDB, if you've cron'd uudemon.clean you may also wish to ensure that it doesn't rm your "anonuucp" spool dir if it's inactive for a few days. There are a variety of patches you can apply. >Jonathan Bayer jbayer@ispi.COM Ed. A. Hew work: edhew@xenicon.uucp -or- ..!{uunet!}utai!lsuc!xenicon!edhew ->home: edhew@xenitec.on.ca -or- ..!{uunet!}watmath!xenitec!edhew