[comp.sys.next] My uucp problem is solved...

tjb (Thomas J. Baker) (06/23/91)

Well, I just solved the problem of why my uucp command didn't work when the  
uusend command would.  The problem looked like this:

cube.unh.edu# cd /tmp
cube.unh.edu# ls
.NextTrash/  console.log  od.512.2
cube.unh.edu# ls -l console.log
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root         223 Jun 22 17:36 console.log
cube.unh.edu# uucp console.log mozz\!~
permission denied /private/tmp/console.log
cube.unh.edu# uusend console.log mozz\!~
cube.unh.edu# 

The solution was quite simple.  After some RTFM I found out that the uucp  
command has a -xDEBUG_LEVEL which yields this:

cube.unh.edu# uucp -x20 console.log mozz\!~


** START **
UID 0, User root,Ename () PATH /
Before Alias: mozz
Alias expansion for mozz
Alias doesn't match mozz, remains unchanged
After Alias: mozz
file1 - console.log
send file - 2
filename not in list
permission denied /private/tmp/console.log
cube.unh.edu#

I then look in the NeXTanswers for uucp and found the "uucp debug messages 2.0"  
and the line "4	chkpth.c	"filename not in list\n", CNULL".  Since  
USERFILE is the only file I know that deals with pathnames, I look there.  The  
last few lines of the USERFILE are this:

# This last line is recommended to reduce aggravation.
# Security minded sites would probably use:
, /usr/spool 
# instead of
#, /

I comment the /usr/spool and uncomment the / and everything works like a charm.

Thanks to all who tried to help.

tjb
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