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From: dpw@astro.as.utexas.edu (David Way)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Using MYNAME with Sun uucp
Message-ID: <1991May6.231157.13859@astro.as.utexas.edu>
Date: 6 May 91 23:11:57 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Texas Astronomy/McDonald Observatory
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I am trying to use the MYNAME keyword in the /etc/uucp/Permissions file of
Sun (really HoneyDanBer) uucp, running under SunOs 4.1.1.   It doesn't seem 
to work the way I expect - when uucico reads the Permissions file, it aborts, 
saying: "This system specified: -sMyname: [name], exit code 101".   It is 
essential that this work, since our uucp name differs from our Internet 
hostname.  It appears to work properly in reverse: another machine can call 
mine, and is permitted to call mine by it's uucp hostname.   Here's what the 
Permissions file looks like:

MACHINE=[incoming_hostname] LOGNAME=[login_hostname] MYNAME=[my_uucp_hostname]

Everything works fine if I let uucico determine the hostname by running 
hostname(1).   It almost looks like uucico does the wrong thing with the
MYNAME keyword, using it for the target of the call, instead of the host
specified with `-s' on the command line.

Anybody out there encounter this ?   Please email replies, since I don't
always read this newsgroup.    Much thanks in advance if you can help.
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David Way  McDonald Observatory/Astronomy Dept.- Univ. of Texas, Austin 
(office) RLM 16.206 (voice) 471-7439 (internet) dpw@astro.as.utexas.edu