SunOS 4.1 uucp problem?

[Brian Wolfe]

Problem: uucp between Sun 386i 4.0.2 and AT&T 3B2 SYSV/386 that was working
         fails completely. Both the sun and the 3B2 call other hosts without
         any problems but uucp between them fails with a mesage like so...

root mudss1 (8/23-16:44-24897) BAD READ (expected 'H' got FAIL) 

After running out of intelligent ideas, decided to use a SS1+ with SunOS
4.1 instead of the 386i. Now we see the following output if we attempt a
Uutry -r host -x9

Proto started g
*** TOP ***  -  role=1, setline - X
gtwvec: dir /var/spool/uucp/mdss1
insert(C.mdss1Ne781)  insert C.mdss1Ne781 at 0
        return - 8
Wfile - /var/spool/uucp/mdss1/C.mdss1Ne781,Jobid = mdss1Ne781
Request: rpslmc!/etc/hosts --> mdss1!/usr/spool/uucppublic (root)
wrktype - S
 wmesg 'S' /etc/hosts /usr/spool/uucppublic root -dc D.0 644 root
send DATA, loc 1, rem 0
rmesg - 'S' recv CNTL, RR, val 1
state - [O.K.] (010)
send CNTL, RR, val 1
got SY
 PROCESS: msg - SY
SNDFILE:
send DATA, loc 2, rem 1
send DATA, loc 3, rem 1
send SHORT, loc 4, rem 1
send SHORT, loc 5, rem 1
-> 165 / 0.020 secs, 8250 bytes/sec
rmesg - 'C' recv CNTL, RR, val 1
state - [O.K.] (010)
recv CNTL, RR, val 1
state - [O.K.] (010)
pkcget: alarm 1
Alarm while looking for SYN -- request RXMIT
send DATA, loc 2, rem 1
recv CNTL, RR, val 1
send DATA, loc 3, rem 1
state - [O.K.] (010)

...

This continues until it eventually times out after several alarms.  Below
is the output from a Uutry -r host

...
Login Successful: System=mdss1
msg-ROK
 Rmtname mdss1, Role MASTER,  Ifn - 6, Loginuser - root
rmesg - 'P' got Pge
wmesg 'U'g
Proto started g
*** TOP ***  -  role=1, setline - X
wmesg 'H'
rmesg - 'H' got HN
 PROCESS: msg - HN
HUP:
*** TOP ***  -  role=0, setline - X
rmesg - '' got S D.mdss106f4865 D.mdss106f4865 bbarut - D.mdss106f4865 0666 bbarut
 PROCESS: msg - S D.mdss106f4865 D.mdss106f4865 bbarut - D.mdss106f4865 0666 bbarut
SNDFILE:
msg - S
Remote Requested: mdss1!D.mdss106f4865 --> rpslmc!D.mdss106f4865 (bbarut)
SLAVE - filename: /var/spool/uucp/mdss1/D.mdss106f4865
chkpth ok Rmtname - mdss1
wmesg 'S'Y
setline - R
pkcget: alarm 1
pkcget: alarm 2
pkcget: alarm 3
pkcget: alarm 4
pkcget: alarm 5
pkcget: alarm 6
pkcget: alarm 7
pkcget: alarm 8


LOGFILE output:

uucp mdss1  (8/24-13:40:09,338,0) SUCCEEDED (call to mdss1 )
uucp mdss1  (8/24-13:40:12,338,0) OK (startup)
uucp mdss1  (8/24-13:40:14,338,0) REMOTE REQUESTED (mdss1!D.mdss106f4865 --> rpslmc!D.mdss106f4865 (bbarut))
bbarut mdss1  (8/24-13:41:57,338,1) IN SEND/SLAVE MODE (INPUT FAILURE)
bbarut mdss1  (8/24-13:41:57,338,1) FAILED (conversation complete)

If anyone has any idea what is going wrong here please clue me in,

Thanks,

Brian Wolfe
RPSLMC Radiology
(313)-942-5781