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From: gnu@l5.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.uucp,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Need help on UUCP connection (4.2 <--> Ultrix)
Message-ID: <131@l5.uucp>
Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 18:37:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: l5.131
Posted: Fri Sep 20 18:37:44 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 06:40:53 EDT
References: <95@cholula.UUCP>
Organization: Ell-Five [Consultants], San Francisco
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Xref: watmath net.bugs.uucp:594 net.unix-wizards:14939
Summary: Uucp has bugs w.r.t. long *login* names.

One reason I've seen for screwups in handshaking with a new site is
if the login name that uucp calls in with is longer than some magic
constant.  E.g. "Udecisions" was too long, while "Udecis" worked like
a champ.  Note that I'm not talking about the site name, but the
name that the calling uucp supplies to the login: prompt.  Shouldn't
matter a bit, right?  Well...

If any wizards knows the fix(es), please post them.


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