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From: lma@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Larry M. Augustin)
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Subject: 7 character uucp name limit, options for uucp on suns
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Date: 22 Sep 90 18:11:45 GMT
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The SunOS 4.0.3 UUCP seems to truncate the hostname of a machine to 7
characters to get the uucp name.  The Sun UUCP installation guide also
says to make sure that your hostname is less than 8 characters.

There must be a fix for this.  I seem to recall reading in the UUCP
documentation somewhere a way around this problem.  (It may have been
the docs for something other than a Sun.)  But I can't seem to find
the reference.  I'd like to avoid changing my 9-character host name.
any suggestions would be appreciated.

Larry M. Augustin			ERL 414
lma@sierra.stanford.edu			Computer Systems Lab
lma@dayton.stanford.edu			Stanford University
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