Date: Wed, 21 Jun 95 20:28:10 EDT From: Snuffles@kew.com Subject: UUPC-Info-Request Digest 1995 #20 To: uupc-info-digest@kew.com Message-ID: Reply-To: UUPC-Info-Request@kew.com UUPC-Info-Request Digest Wed, 21 Jun 95 Volume 1995: Issue 20 Today's Topics: (2 msgs) clarkson.edu security expire -? Help with rmail.exe under NT... (fwd) I use the Sender field my address change Problem wih rmail under NT? Software search. Timing Problem w/Pentium Using Old 8250 Serial Chips Anyone? Using TRN and UUPC UUPC/Pegasus gateway uupc over tcp or named pipe To subscribe to UUPC-Info-Digest, send the command in the body of a message to listserv@kew.com: subscribe uupc-info-Digest To signoff from UUPC-Info-Digest, use "signoff" instead of "subscribe". You can also send an "index" to the listserv to get an index of back issues and other files available for retrieval. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 95 19:37 EDT From: jeffrey@thompson.itm.org Subject: To: UUPC/Extended mailing list subscribe uupc-info ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 95 01:11 EDT From: jeffrey@thompson.itm.org Subject: To: UUPC/Extended mailing list I've got the UUPC to work with a 386/sx dos box talking with my linux box. I'm trying to get an old IBMPC 8088 to do the same. I've set them up the same way in UUPC, but the old IBMPC logs in, and then get's an error: After successfully logging in, linux gives its name, and my IBMPC (beta1) gives its name, and then linux says, "You are unknown to me". But I know I have the Permission and Systems files setup correctly on both systems because I can login with the 386/sx under the same name with no problem. I'm using direct null modem cables to test this out. I think it maybe a timing problem in the modem configuration. I'm only talking at 2400 baud. I'm sure the IBMPC has the original 8250 chip for serial communications. Does anyone have a suggestion? Thanks, Jeffrey ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 21:30:21 -0400 From: uupc@mistik.express.net Subject: clarkson.edu security To: UUPC/Extended mailing list Hi Drew, it seems that the security at clarkson.edu is very questionable. I observed the files having write permissions a few times, and whe I fetched the files at those times, the archives were corrupt. Recently, the access lists and ownerships have been updated again. Are they safe to fetch now? Can we be sure that there are no trojan programs built into them? If you need a safe place for these files - available for anonymous ftp, please let me know. I will arrange for it on a better managed site. Best regards, Mustafa Soysal ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jun 95 11:01:36 +0000 From: jpolt@bradnet.demon.co.uk Subject: expire -? To: UUPC/Extended mailing list I've only recently started maintaining a newsbase, and am interested in any tools for maintaining it. Expire seems to be the most important, but I am haing some trouble getting it to work. According to the docs:- EXPIRE Synopsis expire [-x debuglevel] [-e days] [-a days] [-n newsgroup] According to EXPIRE.EXE:- [C:\uupc\bin]expire -x20 -e20 -a5 -njunk expire: UUPC/extended 1.12j (OS/2 32 bit mode, 25May94 07:51) expire: illegal option -- a Usage: expire [-edays] [group ...] I would prefer to use the functions described in the docs. Is this descrepancy just a matter of using an old version of expire, or are the docs anticipating future enhancements :-). -- // EXEC PGM=SIG John Poltorak FidoNet: 2:250/313 jpolt@bradnet.demon.co.uk OS2Net: 81:444/4 john@mcb.co.uk ibmNET: 40:2005/444 Fax/BBS: +44-1274-406660 UAA: 08005A8DE350 /* ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 11:12:48 -0400 From: dale@peer.on.ca Subject: Help with rmail.exe under NT... (fwd) To: UUPC/Extended mailing list I've got a problem with rmail.exe (UUPC112k) under windows NT workstation 3.5 when using the Beames & Whiteside NFS Client for NT. Our mail system is multi-user and, hence, needs to be located on a file-server. This file server is a Unix box running SUN OS and bwnfsd (the Beames and Whiteside NFS daemon). Internal mail is delivered fine but, when I spool mail bound for outside destinations, I get an error of "permission denied" when rmail tries to read and/or write the "SEQF" file that's located on the file server. I get this msg about 10-15 times, then I get a msg (with -x 20 debug info turned on) saying that there's a run-time error in "lib\getseq.c, line 108," trying to get the sequence file. This is what I've done: - ensured that I'm running the UUPC112k binaries compiled for NT. (In fact, these binaries are on the file server with the SEQF file and can be read without incident!) - ensured that Beames & Whiteside client for NT has my R,W,X permissions set *exactly* the same as I have them for my fully functional UUPC112k system under Windows 3.11 - ensured that I can read SEQF from the NT filemanager (but not that I can write it back, because I haven't been able to get everyone off the system long enough to!) - telnet'd into the Unix box and done "ls -la" on the directory that contains SEQF. *ALL* the files have exactly the same permissions, groups, etc... (I'm not really a Unix guy, so bear with me!) I've spoke to the Beames & Whiteside guys, and they don't think it's a problem with the client software. Has anyone else ever had this problem? Is there any more information that I can provide you or that you can provide me? Many thanks! -- Dale Hennessey | BUSINESS HOME The PEER Group | (519) 763-4445 | voice | (519) 579-3565 Guelph, ON | (519) 763-4127 | fax | (519) 579-9718 N1H 6N8 | dale@peer.on.ca | email | daleh@hookup.net -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 06:27:07 EDT From: bj@herbison.com Subject: I use the Sender field To: UUPC/Extended mailing list > > > Does ANYONE have a use for the Sender: line? > The sender line is only required if the From: address is not the sender. > I will probably drop it. I must admit that I have never used the Sender line on my UUPC/extended system at home, but I have used it from my UNIX account at work. When I send some personal mail from work I don't want the conversation to continue via my work account. I place my home account in the From field and let the Sender field inform the curious that I mailed the message from another account. I have also used the Sender field when I mailed a joint document -- placing all the addresses of the multiple authors in the From field. I like to use mail systems that correctly determine if I am using the From field in one of these manners and correctly insert a Sender field. B.J. -- B.J. Herbison Herbison Consulting Another Asylum bj@herbison.com +1 508 534-1050 18 Drummer Lane DNRC MFPA 42 29 30 N / 071 44 10 W Leominster, MA 01453 USA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jun 95 06:23:00 -0500 From: buggz@buggz.via.mind.org Subject: my address change To: UUPC/Extended mailing list Hey, My address has changed, how do I unsubscribe & resubscribe? Thanks. Ed June TeamOS2 Fidonet: 1:133/9009, Atlanta's OS/2 Users Group BBS/FAX, 404-471-1549 Internet: buggz@buggz.mind.org --- timEd/2-B11 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1995 17:25:57 -0800 From: timr@iia.com Subject: Problem wih rmail under NT? To: UUPC/Extended mailing list > I recently tried running rmail under Windows NT and had the > following error: > > "Run time library error in d:\src\uupc\mail\rmail.c at line 488 ... > /dev/nul: No such file or directory" The problem is you're not running the binaries compiled specifically for NT. Do that (or build them yourself) and the problem will evaporate. The "/dev/nul" capability doesn't work on NT. -- - Tim Roberts Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc timr@iia.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jun 95 16:07:09 From: dave@westroc.com Subject: Software search. To: UUPC/Extended mailing list I'm not sure if you can help me or not. I'm looking for the UUCICO software that was written by Andrew H. Derbyshire. This software is used by Lotus for their cc:Mail Link to UUCP and I am curious to see how it works internally. If you could point me to an FTP site that might have it, I would appreciate it very much. Thanks.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Lowry | Back Up My Hard Drive? I Can't Find The dave@westroc.com | Reverse Switch! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 09:45:13 -0400 (EDT) From: larry@zorsan.com Subject: Timing Problem w/Pentium To: UUPC/Extended mailing list Have any timing problems been reported using a Pentium at 100Mhz? We're using a Gateway with an internal US Robotics Sportster 14400 and UUPC 1.12K. We're getting a hang on sending the password, but it's inconsistant. It works, then it doesn't. Thanks, Larry. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jun 95 16:33 EDT From: jeffrey@thompson.itm.org Subject: Using Old 8250 Serial Chips Anyone? To: UUPC/Extended mailing list First, thanks to the many that responded to my first email, for help on getting my IBM XTs, using old 8250 serial chips to work with UUPC. I still don't have it working yet. Is anyone successfully using UUPC with the 8250 serial chips? The kind that are really old. The ones that came with the original IBM-XT computers. If you are, please email me! I have a bunch of old IBM-XTs with associated old 8250 serial cards, that I'm trying to make work with UUPC, and am having problems communicating with UUPC (kermit works fine). I'm convinced it's a combination of old hardware with the way UUPC is written that causes the old 8250 serial cards not to work. I haven't had any problems making UUPC work with newer hardware, like the 16550A chips. I've tried a few of the 8250 serial cards, and they all have the same problem. They work fine, with xon-xoff, kermit (binary files too), interactive shells. But when UUPC logs in (yes password accepted!) to Linux (using UUPC), the IBM-XT just dies and fails to communicate to the Linux box at all. I'm using null modem cables to do my communication for now. Maybe there's some dir.mdm setting I can use. I've found setting chardelay to 200 makes it talk better. But that's all I've tried. I'll include my dir.mdm at the end of this email. I am still trying to get an old ibmxt that uses 8250 serial chips to use UUPC to talk with my Linux box which has the 16550A serial chips. I'm only trying to talk at 2400 baud. I know the setup on the Linux box for my ibmxt is correct, because I'm testing a uucp-login that is totally functional on an i386/sx computer. So Linux is configured correctly. Here's the Linux log of my attempt: uucp - (6/18-15:51:44,2717,0) Incoming call (login ibmxt port ttyS1) uucp - (6/18-15:51:44,2717,0) ERROR: Call from unknown system Line 1 shows ibmxt logged into port /dev/ttyS1, no prob. Then, UUCP didn't get any id! If UUCP would have got something, it would have echoed the uucp-id it was given, but instead it says 'unknown'. I think it's because it doesn't get anything from Linux, once the UUCP protocol goes into action. Any comments or suggestions? Here's my dir.mdm file: --------------------------begin dir.mdm file---------------------------- # *--------------------------------------------------------------------* # * Sample null modem cable defintion for connecting two * # * UUPC/extended systems. * # *--------------------------------------------------------------------* # *--------------------------------------------------------------------* # * We send RING and expect CONNECT when calling * # * We send CONNECT and expect RING when answering * # *--------------------------------------------------------------------* Description=Direct connection, between two systems connected by a null modem cable. Answer="\r" CharDelay=200 ScriptTimeout=8 DialTimeout=8 InSpeed=2400 Ring="" "Line enabled" RING Connect="" Device=COM1 DialPrefix="\r" options=fixedspeed direct --------------------------end dir.mdm file---------------------------- Here's the UUPC log of my attempt: 01/01-02:01 UUCICO: UUPC/extended 1.12k (Dec 11 1994 12:33:08) (5) inithost: Allocated room for 32 host entries (3) loadhost: local domain defined as "itm.org" (8) loadhost: entry[00] ibmxt via (self) alias ibmxt (8) loadhost: entry[01] ibmxt.itm.org via ibmxt alias ibmxt (8) loadhost: entry[02] linux via (self) alias (self) (8) loadhost: entry[03] linux.itm.org via linux alias linux (8) searchname: Looking for "ibmxt" of length 128, found "ibmxt" (8) searchname: Looking for "linux" of length 8, found "linux" (5) expand_path: cwd = C:\BIN\UUPC\SPOOL, input = /, output = C:/ (5) Normalize: cwd = C:\BIN\UUPC\SPOOL, input = C:/, output = C:/ (5) expand_path: cwd = C:\BIN\UUPC\SPOOL, input = /, output = C:/ (5) Normalize: cwd = C:\BIN\UUPC\SPOOL, input = C:/, output = C:/ (4) InitEntry: dirlist[0] grant READ c: (4) InitEntry: dirlist[1] grant WRITE c: (5) expand_path: cwd = C:\BIN\UUPC\SPOOL, input = C:/BIN/UUPC/public, output = C:/BIN/UUPC/public (5) Normalize: cwd = C:\BIN\UUPC\SPOOL, input = C:/BIN/UUPC/public, output = C:/BIN/UUPC/public (5) expand_path: cwd = C:\BIN\UUPC\SPOOL, input = C:/BIN/UUPC/public, output = C:/BIN/UUPC/public (5) Normalize: cwd = C:\BIN\UUPC\SPOOL, input = C:/BIN/UUPC/public, output = C:/BIN/UUPC/public (4) InitEntry: dirlist[0] grant READ c:/bin/public (4) InitEntry: dirlist[1] grant WRITE c:/bin/public (8) searchname: Looking for "linux" of length 8, found "linux" (4) M state = A (5) stater: "C:/bin/hostatus" is 80 bytes; updated Tue Jan 01 01:32:06 1980 (5) HostStatus: C:/bin/hostatus generated by UUPC/extended 1.12k beginning Tue Jan 01 01:31:19 1980 (5) HostStatus: Name length 8, status length 42, host name "linux" (8) searchname: Looking for "linux" of length 8, found "linux" (4) M state = B (8) sysline="linux Any dir 2400 \c v "" "" ogin:-\004\r\d-ogin--ogin: \dibmxt word:--word: \dXXXXXXXXX" (2) remote=linux, when=Any, device=dir, phone=\c, protocol=v (8) searchname: Looking for "linux" of length 8, found "linux" (4) M state = C (8) checkone: Any broken into "Any" from "0000" to "2400" with grade z (3) checkone: call window "Any" open (4) M state = D (3) getmodem: loading modem configuration file C:/bin/dir.MDM (5) chooseCommunications: Chose suite internal (4) M state = E (1) callup: Calling linux via dir at 2400 on Tue Jan 01 02:01:47 1980 (0) ShowModem: 0xb0 Carrier Detect Data Set Ready Clear to Send (2) sending ""\r"\c" (2) wanted "" (3) dial: Modem reports connected (2) expecting 6 of 12 "" (2) wanted "" (2) callup: sending 7 of 12 "" (2) sending "" (2) expecting 8 of 12 "ogin:-\004\r\d-ogin--ogin:" (2) wanted "ogin:" (2) got that (2) callup: sending 9 of 12 "\dibmxt" (2) sending "\dibmxt" (2) expecting 10 of 12 "word:--word:" (2) wanted "word:" (2) got that (2) callup: sending 11 of 12 "\dXXXXXXXXX" (2) sending "\dXXXXXXXXX" (4) M state = J (4) <== ^pShere=linux <<<< you see Linux responds! (4) ==> ^pSibmxt <<<< ibmxt identifies itself (4) <== ^pRYou are unknown to me <<<< but Linux didn't get ibmxt! (0) Unexpected second message: You are unknown to me (4) M state = M (4) ==> ^pOOOOOO (2) rmsg: Timeout waiting for sync (4) ==> ^pOOOOOO (5) stater: "C:/bin/hostatus" is 80 bytes; updated Tue Jan 01 01:32:06 1980 (0) 0 files sent, 0 files received, 0 bytes sent, 0 bytes received (0) 0 packets transferred, 0 errors, connection time 0:22, 0 bytes/second (4) M state = N (3) nhangup: complete. (3) Buffer overflows: 0 (3) Receive overruns: 0 (3) Break characters: 0 (3) Framing errors: 0 (3) Parity errors: 0 (3) Transmit errors: 0 (3) DSR errors: 0 (3) CTS errors: 0 (4) M state = O (4) M state = B (0) Could not connect to remote system. (5) stater: "C:/bin/hostatus" is 80 bytes; updated Tue Jan 01 01:32:06 1980 (5) stater: "C:/bin/hostatus" is 80 bytes; updated Tue Jan 01 02:02:22 1980 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 95 20:38:09 +0000 From: tannen@crusader.stat.com Subject: Using TRN and UUPC To: UUPC/Extended mailing list Hi, I am currently using TRN and UUPC to provide a Internet site on my OS/2 box. I have been able to read news without any problems. I have also just put my wife on the system so she can send email. That was very easy to do ('su' and elm work great). So she is able to read and send email with ease. But... How do I set up the system so the both of us can read the same newsgroups without 'stepping' on each other? It seems like if one of us reads a newsgroup, then the other one can not read the same articles. Any suggestions out there? Did I miss something in the manual (not the first time 8-()? Thanks in advance. A servant of Christ, David Tannen (tannen@crusader.stat.com) TeamAda Member Crusader Software (tm) 613 West Caballero Circle Mesa, Arizona 85201 (602) 833 0048 Christian Acronym: G.R.A.C.E.=God's Redemption At Christ's Expense ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:33:09 -1200 From: stephen@digitech.co.nz Subject: UUPC/Pegasus gateway To: UUPC/Extended mailing list We are trying Pegasus mail at the moment and I seem to have lost the reference to where the gateway software can be found. Could someone please post email me? TIA -- Stephen Worthington Telephone: +64-4-569-6764 (home) Digi-Tech Communications Ltd +64-4-389-8909 (work) stephen@digitech.co.nz (work) Fax: +64-4-389-9901 (work) stephen@inisant.actrix.gen.nz (home) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 12:25:51 -0400 From: uupc@mistik.express.net Subject: uupc over tcp or named pipe To: UUPC/Extended mailing list Hi Drew, I tried to run uupc under OS/2 2.1 over tcp and to my astonishment, discovered that it would want to use the winsocks. Of course, since they cost additional bucks, and I have no use for windows software, so I don't have winsocks and won't buy them. grunt grunt grunt... We'll, not all hope is lost, how about named pipes? But looking at the code, I can't figure out how to setup the modem file, and how to setup the systems file. If you tell me how that works, I will tell you how I will make the named pipe go over tcp ;) . And I might even post the program for that...in as plain OS/2 as it can get... Best Regards, Mustafa Soysal ------------------------------ End of UUPC-Info-Request Digest ******************************