[net.news] Asking for sys file

long@ittvax.UUCP (H. Morrow Long) (07/09/84)

	We keep getting messages from other sites (via uucp) sent to psuedo-
alias-user "usenet" asking for our "sys" file.  Will SOMEONE in AUTHORITY on
this network tell me if and where I should make this file available.  I know
we keep it in /usr/lib/news but we restrict uucp access to a few directories.
I am new to uucp and usenet maintenance.  Also, we will be converting to 4.2
soon and will probably upgrade to news version 2.10.1?  Do all of the sites
we feed news to or grab news from have to make the upgrade also?

					H. Morrow Long
					path={decvax!}ittvax!long
					W.I.T. (Wizard-In-Training)

alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (07/11/84)

Comments in the control.c module of the news source explain
this.  The news sys file (available via the sendsys control
message) is considered public information.  After all, it contains
no private information, and it is the only way to make net
maps.  The uuname output (available via the senduuname
control message) may be allowed or disallowed at your
discretion.  To disallow it, just change the code in control.c
that handles that call to do soething else, like mail back
a sorry note.