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From: honey@citi.umich.edu (Peter Honeyman)
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Subject: Re: Questions UUCP 2.0 <-> HDB
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Date: 12 Apr 90 13:29:48 GMT
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regarding

> C uucp -C /etc/passwd richie!/usr/spool/uucppublic/yours 

yes, that is a bug.  here's how it looks in "my" version of honey danber:

% uucp /bin/true dwon\!citi\!~
% cd /usr/spool/uucp/dwon; more *|cat
::::::::::::::
C.dwonZc526
::::::::::::::
S /bin/true D.dwonc5268b7 honey - D.dwonc5268b7 0666 honey
S D.dwonc5268b6 X.citiZ8cc1 honey - D.dwonc5268b6 0666 honey
::::::::::::::
D.dwonc5268b6
::::::::::::::
U honey citi
# return status on failure
Z
# use sh to execute
e
# return address for status or input return
R honey
# job id for status reporting
J dwonZc526
F D.dwonc5268b7 true
C uucp -C true citi!~
::::::::::::::
D.dwonc5268b7
::::::::::::::
#! /bin/sh
#
#       @(#)true.sh 1.5 88/02/07 SMI; from UCB
#
exit 0

there is a bug here -- the local copy of /bin/true into the spool
directory is unnecessary.  but your gripe was the fully qualified name
on the remote side; honey danber doesn't have that problem.  i can't
explain how your version of honey danber ever got such a bug. 
third-party uucp requests have worked in honey danber for over six years.

regarding third-party uux requests, i never got this to work.  i think i
decided at some point that it shouldn't work.  on the other hand, it's
not hard to build a script that constructs the third-party request for
you, but you'll have to permit remote uux-ing on the middle machine by
the first machine.  (ber argued that third-party uucp requests should
also be handled this way, as in mark horton's uusend command.  in fact,
ber argued that uucp itself should be a script that uux-es a cp command
on the remote!)

	peter