From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lm at mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:37:39 -0700 Subject: [COFF] UUCP on macOS / *BSD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20200629153739.GH16252@mcvoy.com> So UUCP, depending which version, really needed a baby sitter. I think the latest one was sort of reliable but my ancient memory is that you had to unwedge things on a daily basis. On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 06:50:27PM -0600, Grant Taylor via COFF wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with UUCP on macOS or *BSD systems that > would be willing to help me figure something out? > > I'm working on adding a macOS X system to my micro UUCP network and running > into some problems. > > - uuto / uucp copy files from my non-root / non-(_)uucp user to the UUCP > spool. But the (demand based) ""call (pipe over SSH) is failing. > - running "uucico -r1 -s -f" as the (_)uucp user (via > sudo) works. > - I'm using the pipe port type and running things over an SSH connection. > - The (_)uucp user can ssh to the remote system as expected without any > problems or being prompted for a password. (Service specific keys w/ forced > command.) > > I noticed that the following files weren't set UID or GID like they are on > Linux. But I don't know if that's a macOS and / or *BSD difference when > compared to Linux. > > /usr/bin/uucp > /usr/bin/uuname > /usr/bin/uustat > /usr/bin/uux > /usr/sbin/uucico > /usr/sbin/uuxqt > > Adding the set UID & GID bits allowed things to mostly work. > > Aside: Getting the contemporary macOS so that I could edit the > (/usr/share/uucp/) sys & port files was a treat. > > I figured that it was worth inquiring if anyone had any more experience / > tips / gotchas before I go bending ~> breaking things even more. > > Thank you. > > > > -- > Grant. . . . > unix || die > > > _______________________________________________ > COFF mailing list > COFF at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coff -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm