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From: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Dumb question about uucp, in INFO-UNIX Digest V1#142
Message-ID: <198@laidbak.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Sep-85 01:25:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  2 01:25:48 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Sep-85 00:55:11 EDT
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Reply-To: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist)
Organization: LAI Chicago
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Summary: 

In article <1145@brl-tgr.ARPA> stef%NMA@uci-icsa.ARPA writes:
>ATTEN: gww@aphasia.UUCP
>
>Your question is not as dumb as the problem with compiled-in machine names.
>Then I moved to an ALTOS-586 XENIX and it also has the machine name compiled 
>into the uucp programs.  We solved the problem with a C program written to 
>find and replace the compiled-in name string in the following binary programs.
>
>		 /bin/{mail*,rmail*,uucp*,uulog*,uux*}

If you opt for this solution (I've done it myself), be sure
that you use a machine name THE SAME LENGTH OR SHORTER than
the compiled-in name.  (I.e., it must be a null-terminated
string and must not overwrite the next string beyond it.)

jeq