HDB UUCP Vs. Old UUCP...

[Tony Olekshy]

In message <4443 at uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>, bt455s39 at uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu
(Carmen Hardina) writes:
>
> I am having all kinds of problems trying to establish a UUCP
> link with a BSD machine that runs old-style UUCP.  I am running XENIX
> 2.3.1 HoneyDanBer UUCP.  Basically nothing is getting across...

 1) Get a copy of O'Reilly & Associates' Nutshell Handbook entitled ``Managing
    uucp and Usenet, +1 617 527 4210 (I have 0 affiliation with them).

 2) Read the manual page on the `cu' program and use it for the following
    tests:

	- Get your modem to dial a number.  You can do things like (Hayes eg.)
	  ATDT... directly in cu.  If you modem looks dead, it could be the
	  wiring (see Handbook).

	- Get your modem to *exchange* carriers (whistles) with the other
	  modem.  This may require fiddling with /etc/ttys and /etc/gettydefs.
	  You may need to send other initialization commands to the modem
	  (AT&X4, for example, see your modem manuals) for this to work, but
	  not usually.  I had trouble with one system 'till I took out all
	  the cr*p from the manual except ATZ, and bingo!

	- Get a login, password, and uucico prompt from the other system.
	  This may require fiddling with cu flags.  The cu program passes
	  ~%break and ^D through to the other end.  Make a note of how you
	  get through.

 3) Use the Nutshell Handbook to set up the uucp files at each end.  The
    experiments you conducted in step 2 should be sufficient *if you keep
    your notes in order*.

    Then uucico with the -x 9 option to debug the uucico protocol.

This has always worked for me, although it can take some creative fiddling
to accomplish each step.  This way though, at least you know when you are
making progress through the steps, and I hate feeling that my efforts are
being futile.

> Sorry to ask such a neophyte question, but this is my first attempt at this.

And a well asked question at that.  I know my experience is limited here, and
I'm sure I've missed some things.  But hey, it's Usenet, someone will fill us
in.

Yours, etc., Tony Olekshy (...!alberta!oha!tony or tony at oha.UUCP).