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* [TUHS] hostname limit in (4.3BSD) uucp?
@ 2017-03-24 22:14 Warren Toomey
  2017-03-24 22:36 ` Warren Toomey
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Warren Toomey @ 2017-03-24 22:14 UTC (permalink / raw)


All, I'm setting up a uucp site 'tektronix'. When I send e-mail, I'm seeing
this error:

ASSERT ERROR (uux)  pid: 235  (3/24-00:09) CAN'T OPEN D.tektronX00D0 (0)

Something seems to be trimming the hostname to seven chars. If I do:

# hostname
tektronix

Thanks, Warren
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* [TUHS] hostname limit in (4.3BSD) uucp?
  2017-03-24 22:14 [TUHS] hostname limit in (4.3BSD) uucp? Warren Toomey
@ 2017-03-24 22:36 ` Warren Toomey
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Warren Toomey @ 2017-03-24 22:36 UTC (permalink / raw)


On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 08:14:42AM +1000, Warren Toomey wrote:
> Something seems to be trimming the hostname to seven chars.

Answer: 4.3BSD uucp allows hostnames of 14 chars, but trims down to 7
for the dirnames in /usr/spool/uucp, presumably for HDB compatibility.
But uux, mail, news work with hostnames > 7 chars.
Cheers, Warren


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