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From: lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: HDB UUCP fails on AT&T 3B2/310
Message-ID: <191@icus.UUCP>
Date: 24 Dec 87 05:27:16 GMT
References: <75@quincy.UUCP> <144800005@occrsh.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano)
Organization: ICUS Computer Group, Islip, NY
Lines: 43
Keywords: UUCP, failure
Summary: Files aren't that *BIG*

In article <144800005@occrsh.ATT.COM> rjd@occrsh.ATT.COM writes:
|>
|>>> Has anyone else experienced problems with HoneyDanBer UUCP running on
|>>> an AT&T 3B2/310, Version 3.0 of the operating system?  I have noticed
|>>> the following quite frequently:
|>>> 	1.	Sending compressed binaries (16-bit compression) with
|>>> 		Penril modem 8216 from an AT&T 3B2 to another AT&T 3B2
|>>> 		long distance, I receive the imfamous:
|>>> 			CONVERSATION FAILED 
|>>> 			IN SEND/SLAVE MODE INPUT FAILURE
|>>
|>>I only have seen this litle goodie pop up on our 3b2's when the
|>>size of the file being sent exceeds the ulimit of that allowed
|>>for the login 'nuucp' or whatever is being sent..........
|>
|>   I have also seen it happen for another (really same) reason: disk file 
|>space df command) on the receiving end's /usr filesystem gets used up.  
|>This instance is hard to catch, because as soon as the conversation fails, 
|>the temporary file in /usr/spool/uucp/machine-name is removed, and disk 
|>space returns to a non-critical value (though it is obviously already under 
|>a few hundred blocks).
|>
|>   This explanation may not explain it though, as it should fail on the longer
|>file also.....
|>

Unfortunately these solutions are the obvious things I checked first.  HDB
UUCP is pretty smart, if there is not enough temp space, I would get a
TEMP SPACE failure.   As for the ulimit "solution" the files are no bigger than
300-350K in size, and the default ulimit on the 3B2's is 2048 (1MB).  Oh well!

							-Lenny

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