Newsgroups: vmsnet.uucp
Subject: DECUS UUCP V2.0 uucp command
From: "Alberto Meregalli (SIC)" <meregalli@decvax.cesi.it>
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 92 17:02:21 +0200
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Hello!

I've got DECUS UUCP 2.0 through the net and installed it. Now I have
some problems:

1) (a purely cosmetic one!) When I invoked, as suggested on page 3 of
'Fetching and Restoring from a UUCP Host', the PREBOOT.VMS_SHARE
procedure, I got an error on the checksum of COMPRESS.EXE; as I
renamed the old version and re-issued the command, all was OK.

2) I can't understand something with the uucp command. I find some
differences between what happens and what is stated in paragraph 9.2
of the Guide. I have found that while these commands work fine

  $ uucp -mj "i2unix!~uucp/newthismonth" uucp_public:newthismonth
  $ uucp -mj "i2unix!~uucp/newthismonth" ~/newthismonth

these don't

  $ uucp -mj "i2unix!~uucp/newthismonth" uucp_public:[000000]newthismonth
  $ uucp -dmj "i2unix!~uucp/README" ~/meregalli/readme

I get sometimes an immediate message "Can't copy...", sometimes a
subsequent mail message telling there was a bad file name; in this
case uucp.log contains these lines

p:uucp >> h:i2unix  [09/03-14:30:02-2040066b]   We want to rcv (R ~uucp/README ~/meregalli/readme meregalli@decvax.cesi.it -dCm) u:meregalli@decvax.cesi.it
p:uucp >> h:i2unix  [09/03-14:30:04-2040066b] * Can't open output file - Access Denied (BAD.FILE.NAME: '~/meregalli/readme') u:meregalli@decvax.cesi.it
p:uucp >> h:i2unix  [09/03-14:30:05-2040066b] * Error in work file (SYS$SYSDEVICE:[UUCP.SPOOL]C.I2UNIX_G1QJ01;1) u:meregalli@decvax.cesi.it
p:uucp >> h:i2unix  [09/03-14:30:06-2040066b] * Bad line is    (R ~uucp/README ~/meregalli/readme meregalli@decvax.cesi.it -dCm

I show you the security settings of uucp_public and so.

Directory $1$DUA0:[UUCP]

PUBLIC.DIR;1         [UUCP_LOGIN]          (RWE,RWE,RWE,RE)
          (IDENTIFIER=UUCP_ID_LOCAL_REQUEST,OPTIONS=DEFAULT,ACCESS=READ+WRITE+DELETE+CONTROL)
          (IDENTIFIER=UUCP_ID_LOCAL_REQUEST,ACCESS=READ+WRITE+DELETE+CONTROL)

Directory $1$DUA0:[UUCP.PUBLIC]

MEREGALLI.DIR;1      [UUCP_LOGIN]          (RWED,RWED,RWED,RWED)
          (IDENTIFIER=UUCP_ID_LOCAL_REQUEST,OPTIONS=DEFAULT,ACCESS=READ+WRITE+DELETE+CONTROL)
          (IDENTIFIER=UUCP_ID_LOCAL_REQUEST,ACCESS=READ+WRITE+DELETE+CONTROL)
NEWTHISMONTH.;2      [UUCP_LOGIN]          (RWD,RWD,RWD,RWD)
          (IDENTIFIER=UUCP_ID_LOCAL_REQUEST,ACCESS=READ+WRITE+DELETE+CONTROL)
NEWTHISMONTH.;1      [UUCP_LOGIN]          (RWD,RWD,RWD,RWD)
          (IDENTIFIER=UUCP_ID_LOCAL_REQUEST,ACCESS=READ+WRITE+DELETE+CONTROL)
_PLACEHOLDER.TXT;1   [UUCP_LOGIN]          (RWED,RWED,RE,RE)
          (IDENTIFIER=UUCP_ID_LOCAL_REQUEST,ACCESS=READ+WRITE+DELETE+CONTROL)

(By the way, why has the world complete access tho some of these files
and directories?)

3) A secondary little problem: I had prepared for time zone changes a
batch job that changed the machine time and defined a systemwide
logical to the right string (for me +0200 or +0100). It defined also
on the running system the right UUCP_TIME_ZONE. I had then modified
UUCP_SYSTARTUP.COM to take into account that logical.

  $     defsys  UUCP_TIME_ZONE          "''f$trnlnm ("time_zone")'"

So I had not to update UUCP_SYSTARTUP.COM at season change. Now, can I
do something like that on the CONTROL file?

4) Has _PLACEHOLDER.TXT to be kept in place?
------------------------------------------------------------------
Alberto Meregalli, SIC                         tel. +39 2 2125 249
Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano    fax  +39 2 2125 520
Via Rubattino, 54 - I 21034 Milano

Internet: meregalli@cesi.it         UUCP: ...i2unix!cesi!meregalli