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RUNO/CONT/DEEP=1/LOG USRGD11 .SAVE .NO FLAGS ALL .NO FLAGS BREAK .NO FLAGS CAPITALIZE .NO FLAGS ENDFOOTNOTE .NO FLAGS HYPHENATE .NO FLAGS INDEX .NO FLAGS PERIOD .NO FLAGS SPACE .NO FLAGS SUBSTITUTE .FLAGS ACCEPT _ .FLAGS BOLD * .FLAGS COMMENT ! .FLAGS LOWERCASE \ .FLAGS OVERSTRIKE % .FLAGS UNDERLINE & .FLAGS UPPERCASE ^ .FLAGS ALL .NO FILL .NO JUSTIFY .LEFT MARGIN 8 .RIGHT MARGIN 70 .PAGE SIZE , 70 .CENTER;CONTENTS .BLANK .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 0 INTRODUCTION .BLANK 0_.1 How To Read This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 0_.2 How To Get More Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 0_.3 On-Line Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 0_.4 Squeaky Wheels Get The Grease . . . . . . . . . . 0-5 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 1 WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE .BLANK 1_.1 Name Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1_.2 Required Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1_.3 New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1_.4 Implementation Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 1_.5 Bug Fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 2 CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY .BLANK 2_.1 The Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2_.2 What Is DECUS UUCP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 2_.3 How Do I Apply To Join The Network? . . . . . . . 2-2 2_.4 How Are Mail And News Supported? . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2_.5 Netnews, Usenet, And VMSnet . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2_.6 Internet_._._. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 2_.7 _._._.And Beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 3 INSTALLING THE FILES .BLANK .TEST PAGE 5 .SK1 .I-8 CHAPTER 4 MODEMS AND MULTIPLEXERS .BLANK 4_.1 Serial Line Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 4_.2 Typeahead Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 4_.3 Data Path Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 4_.4 Modem Result Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 4_.5 RS232 Control Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 4_.6 Sysgen Parameter TTY__DIALTYPE . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 4_.7 Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 4_.8 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 4_.9 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 5 ARRANGING FOR UUCP CONNECTIONS .BLANK 5_.1 Choose Your Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 5_.2 Getting A Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 5_.3 Exchange Login Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 6 CONFIGURING DECUS UUCP .BLANK 6_.1 Create The Uucp Username(s) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 6_.2 Define Logical Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 6_.3 Generating The Path Data Base . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 6_.4 The Control File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 6_.5 The Systems File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 6_.6 Script Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15 6_.7 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 7 SCRIPT FILES .BLANK 7_.1 Script File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 7_.2 Script File Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 7_.3 Script Processing Details . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 7_.4 Written Any Good Scripts Lately? . . . . . . . . . 7-7 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 8 FINISHING AND TESTING THE INSTALLATION OF UUCP .BLANK 8_.1 File Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 8_.2 Start It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 8_.3 Test It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 8_.4 If The Call Doesn't Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 8_.5 Make It Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 8_.6 Tell Your Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 8_.7 Tell The World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 8_.8 Tell Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 8_.9 Adding More Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 9 REGISTERING AS AN INTERNET DOMAIN .BLANK 9_.1 Why Should I Become A Domain? . . . . . . . . . . 9-1 9_.2 Why Do I Need A Forwarder? . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2 9_.3 How Do I Register? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 9_.4 What Then? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 .TEST PAGE 2 9_.5 What If Another Machine In My Company Is Already Registered? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9 9_.6 Domain Names: Machines Vs_. Companies . . . . . . 9-10 9_.7 Special Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 10 ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS FOR NEWS SUPPORT .BLANK 10_.1 Newsgroups -- What To Carry? . . . . . . . . . . 10-1 10_.2 Arranging For News Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3 10_.3 Feeding News To Other Sites . . . . . . . . . . 10-4 10_.4 ANU News And DECUS Uucp . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 10_.5 News System Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 10_.6 A Bit More About NNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7 10_.7 Decisions, Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 11 INSTALLING AND INTEGRATING NEWS .BLANK 11_.1 The ANU News Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 11_.2 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 .TEST PAGE 2 11_.3 Installing News: Comments On Chapter 10 Of The News User's Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2 .TEST PAGE 2 11_.4 Exchanging News With Other Sites (Batch Transfers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-17 11_.5 NNTP Client/Server Support . . . . . . . . . . 11-20 11_.6 Start Up The Transfer Processes . . . . . . . . 11-21 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX A USING THE TELEBIT TRAILBLAZER PLUS .BLANK A_.1 Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 A_.2 Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 A_.3 Modem Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 A_.4 Setting It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 A_.5 Control And Systems File Entries . . . . . . . . . A-4 A_.6 Compatibility Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX B PATHALIAS (UUCP MAP FILE FORMAT DETAILS) .BLANK B_.1 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 B_.2 Uucp Map File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 B_.3 Output Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6 B_.4 Bugs And Deficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX C UTILITIES .BLANK C_.1 Tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 C_.2 Compress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 .TEST PAGE 2 C_.3 Uurate - Report Transfer And Connect Times For Uucp Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX D ADDRESS FORMATS .BLANK D_.1 The Simple Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1 D_.2 The Complex Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX E HOW IT WORKS .BLANK E_.1 The Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1 E_.2 Details: B, X, C, And D Files . . . . . . . . . . E-2 E_.3 Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2 E_.4 Unix Compatibility Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX F TROUBLESHOOTING .BLANK F_.1 UUCP_.LOG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1 F_.2 The Debug Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-6 F_.3 SYS$ERROR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-9 F_.4 Status Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-9 F_.5 UUXQT's Batch Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-10 F_.6 Other Sources Of Information . . . . . . . . . . F-10 F_.7 "Expected Problems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-12 F_.8 Restarting The Batch Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . F-13 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX G SECURITY ISSUES .BLANK G_.1 Decus Uucp Security Provisions . . . . . . . . . . G-2 G_.2 Things They Can Do To You . . . . . . . . . . . . G-5 G_.3 Contrast With Unix Uucp . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-6 G_.4 The Internet Worm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-7 G_.5 Uucp Security History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-7 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX H FUTURE DIRECTIONS .BLANK .TEST PAGE 5 .SK1 .I-8 APPENDIX I WANT TO HELP? .BLANK .TEST PAGE 5 .SK1 .I-8 APPENDIX J ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .BLANK J_.1 Version 1_.0 And 1_.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-1 J_.2 Version 0_.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-1 .RESTORE