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From: rdg@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Rob Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: How do you do UUCP over the Ethernet with HP-UX 6.5?
Message-ID: <1080128@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 90 19:47:02 GMT
References: <5634@fmeed1.UUCP>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
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> One box I do uucp mail with over a Sytek LAN (9600 baud).  I can now
> telnet to this box.  The sysadm of this box has ported a uucp server to
> his box on port 540 (like the telnet server, is runs a login/passwd
> clone to verify identity, but it then execs a uucico instead of a
> shell).  I would like to do uucp with him over the net.

Sorry, you can't do that. HP does not support ethernet connections with
uucp. We do have a facility called vt-uucp which will let you talk uucp
with another HP machine over a lan.

However, I have a program that *might* work for you. Yes, it's another
pty kludge, I'm afraid...


Rob