mark@zok.UUCP (Mark W. Snitily) (11/08/90)
This is a reply to Scott Buchanan. I've tried emailing to him twice
("buchansh%cldev%dupont.com@RELAY.CS.NET" and
"mips!RELAY.CS.NET!dupont.com!BUCHANSH%CLDEV") Both attempts bounced.
Thought this might be of general interest, so...
Scott Buchanan wrote:
> I am having troubles with UUCP. When I attempt to get some files
>I gwet the following message:
>file /usrX/contrib/color_xterm.tar.Z, system zok
>remote access to path/file denied
>
> Why would I be getting this. I am coming in via the dialup UUCP
>with user Xauth.
(First off, the anonymous UUCP account is "UXarch", not "Xauth". I presume
this was just a typo since you wouldn't have been able to log in otherwise.)
The real problem is a misleading error message from UUCP. The
"remote access to path/file denied"
error message should really be something like
"no such file"
instead.
All files on zok in the "/usrX" directory tree are accessible to the
anonymous UUCP account "UXarch". If you receive an "access denied"
message when trying to fetch a file from "/usrX", double check the
pathname/filename. The "access denied" message from zok should be
interpreted as a "no such file" message.
I'm running System VR3.2, so unfortunately I have to condense filenames from
expo to a maximum of 14 characters. The file "/contrib/color_xterm.tar.Z"
on expo is named "/usrX/contrib/colorxtm.tar.Z" on zok.
I keep the file creation dates the same as on expo, so you should be
able to correlate the file you want with the condensed filename. Grab
a copy of "/usrX/expo/expo.ls-lR" for the latest expo filenames. The
condensed filenames on zok are listed in "/usrX/ls-lR.Z".
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For those of you who would like to set up a UUCP connection to zok,
The following is cut from the comp.windows.x FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions):
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A new west-coast UUCP X11 Archive is administered by Mark Snitily
(mark@zok.uucp) and contains the full X11R4 distribution, the XTEST
distribution, an entire archive of comp.sources.x and other goodies.
The machine zok has a TB+ modem which will connect to 19.2K, 2400,
1200 baud (in that order). The anonymous UUCP account is UXarch with password
Xgoodies. The modem's phone number is 408-996-8285.
A sample Systems (or L.sys) entry might be:
zok Any ACU 19200 4089968285 in:--in: UXarch word: Xgoodies
To get a current listing of the files that are available, download
the file "/usrX/ls-lR.Z".
A full subject index of the comp.sources.x files is available in the
file "/usrX/comp.sources.x/INDEX".
The machine has just the one modem, so please do not fetch large
amounts of data at one sitting.
[courtesy Mark Snitily, 2/90]
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By "large amounts of data" all I meant was to please limit a single
connection to a max of a few hours.
Everything that's on expo (excluding bitmaps/images) is available via
UUCP from zok. The archive is typically updated about once a week.
-- Mark
Mark W. Snitily Consulting Services:
894 Brookgrove Lane Graphics, Operating Systems, Compilers
Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 252-0456
mark@zok.uucp West Coast UUCP X11 archive site
If your mailer doesn't like the .uucp domain, these also work:
...!{mips,sgi}!zok!mark, mark%zok@mips.com, mark%zok@sgi.com