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From: dave@uwvax.UUCP (Dave Cohrs)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Turning off news and uucp for a period of time
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Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 13:34:59 EST
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> When we are running experiments where we are collecting huge amounts
> of data, we would prefer not to have news or uucp running because
> they slow down the system.  
> 
> Do you have any recommendations on how to block news and uucp?

How about changing the password for 'uucp' or changing the login name to
something else temporarily?  This way, you can guarantee that uucp can't
even log in.  You could easily make a shellscript to do this, and also
fix things so your uucp can't run either (turn off polling or whatever is
necessary).  It seems that if you stop up the queue directory, there could
easily be lossage of news/mail.  When we lose things here, especially mail,
I get very redfaced, and I feel you would also.
-- 
dave cohrs
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