heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby) (10/20/90)
Submitted-by: Ron Heiby <heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com>
Posting-number: Volume 10, Info 3
Archive-name: .junk2
Site: mcdch1 (really mcdchg)
Contact: Ron Heiby (heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com or mcdchg!heiby)
Location: Illinois
Modems: 2400 Baud
UUCP: Anonymous UUCP
FTP: None
Mail server: None
Additional:
In order to ensure that the archive service does not interfere with
real work, the uucico for the archive login will be have its "x"
permission bits turned off at 8 a.m. Chicago local time (CST6CDT) and
on again at 6 p.m. on weekdays. Execute permission will be turned on
throughout Saturday and Sunday.
The phone number for "mcdch1" is (currently) +1 708 576 7902. There
is a single line on that number. The modem will answer at 2400bps and
will require a carraige return to get a "login:" prompt. It will
down-speed to 1200 bps. In response to the login prompt, your system
should send the login id, "pduucp". The password is "public". As I
said above, all this is turned off between about 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Chicago time Monday through Friday, so we can get our real work done,
so don't bother trying it during those periods.
The Systems file entry for doing this looks something like:
(For HoneyDanBer UUCP (BNU) users. Combine into a single line.)
mcdch1 Wk1800-0730,Sa,Su ACU 2400 chiburb5767902
"" \r\c in:--in: pduucp word: public
Once you have your system set up to place an outgoing UUCP call to
"mcdch1", you can retrieve material from the archives. There are
three files that are excellent choices for testing your link. This
file is file mcdch1!~/howto.snarf. The current directory of what is
stored in the comp.sources.unix archives is found in the file
mcdch1!~/unix/directory. The current directory of what is stored in
the comp.sources.x archives is found in the file mcdch1!~/x/directory.
To get these files, execute commands like:
uucp mcdch1!~/howto.snarf !~/MYNAME/
uucp mcdch1!~/unix/directory !~/MYNAME/directory.unix
uucp mcdch1!~/x/directory !~/MYNAME/directory.x
The directory is simply the output from "ls -sRxF" on the comp.sources.x
archive disk hierarchy. It is updated just before 6 p.m. every day.
Be sure to look carefully to be sure you are getting the latest version
available. Also, look for "index" files to help find what you want.
NOTE: There are occasionally inconsistencies between the archive names
we have on disk and those published in the index by the moderator
of comp.sources.x.
WARNING: These files are not stored under /usr/spool/uucppublic, so
requests for an absolute pathname, rather than one under "~"
will almost certainly fail. Currently, "~" is /source/public, but
that is subject to change.
WARNING: Please be aware that uucp commands asking for file names
containing wild cards will almost certainly not work. This is
because all of the implementations I know of submit a uux job
to the remote system asking it to run "uucp" on the wild card
filename. Systems logging in with "pduucp" are prohibited from
executing "uucp" or other commands via "uux". So, be sure to
ask for each file separately.
dan
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