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From: evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: BSD uucp over ethernet
Message-ID: <323@ndcheg.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Nov-87 18:25:16 EST
Article-I.D.: ndcheg.323
Posted: Thu Nov  5 18:25:16 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Nov-87 14:03:56 EST
References: <674@zycad.UUCP> <3052@psuvax1.psu.edu>
Organization: Univ. of Notre Dame
Lines: 38
Keywords: how do I do it? - with mirrors
Summary: but what about BSD?

In article <3052@psuvax1.psu.edu>, ehrlich@psuvax1.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) writes:
> In article <674@zycad.UUCP> kjb@zycad.UUCP (Kevin Buchs) writes:
> >Is it possible to get uucp to talk over ethernet/tcp/ip?  My Nutshell book
> >on uupc and usenet says just add the system name in the L.sys file where
> >the device should go.  This does not seem to do much good.
> >-- 
> 
> You need more than just the system name.  Here is a sample entry from
> our L.sys for the host gondor which is on our local ethernet.
> 
> gondor Any;5 TCP uucp gondor "" TheLoginName "" ThePassWord
> 
> "TCP" in the caller filed specifies that this system should be
> contacted using TCP.  "uucp" is the "service" name from /etc/services,
> i.e. what port on the remote system should be contacted.  The host
> name actually goes into the phone number field.
> -- 

I've been trying to get our Sun 3/50 to do this for quite a while.
The Suns speak SMTP to each other for mail, but our Convergent
miniframes like to speak uucp over the ethernet for mail.

How to get them to talk to each other??

I tried the above suggestion on the Sun, but uucico complains
of a non-existant device.  Anyone have any suggestions for an entry
in L-devices?

Furthermore, the Sun release of BSD doesn't contain a uucp
daemon program, so there's nothing to answer when a miniframe
tries to open a connection.  Maybe I should use the rlogind program...

In any case, all comments and suggestions for solving this
apparent incompatibility are appreciated.

	Evan Bauman
	University of Notre Dame
	..!iuvax!ndcheg!evan