Xref: utzoo comp.sys.hp:3983 comp.mail.uucp:3924 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Anonymous UUCP with HDB? [Solved + Remark] Message-ID: Date: 13 Jan 90 19:36:35 GMT References: <4240@mhres.mh.nl> Sender: jv@mhres.mh.nl Organization: Multihouse Gouda, the Netherlands Lines: 27 In-reply-to: jv@mhres.mh.nl's message of 11 Jan 90 15:59:20 GMT In article <4240@mhres.mh.nl> jv@mhres.mh.nl (Johan Vromans) writes: > I try to get anonymous uucp working on HP9000/320 with HP-UX 6.2. I > have configured the following entry in the Permissions file: > ... However, after succesful > login, the script /usr/lib/uucp/remote.unknown is executed and further > processing is disallowed. Well, as was pointed out by several people, the script 'remote.unknown' is the reason it doesn't work. After removing it, everything runs fine. I would have expected something more subtile, e.g. - if 'remote.unknown' is not there, or cannot be executed, refuse connection requests by unknown systems - if 'remote.unknown' returns a non-zero exit status, refuse the connection; otherwise allow it This would have given great possibilities ... Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------