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RUNO/CONT/DEEP=1/LOG USRGD13 .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 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 Special Note For Cluster Users . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 0_.3 How To Get More Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 0_.4 On-Line Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 0_.5 Squeaky Wheels Get The Grease . . . . . . . . . . 0-5 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 1 WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE (1_.3) .BLANK 1_.1 NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1_.2 Changes In Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1_.3 The Mailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 .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 2 3_.1 "Example" Configuration Files And Command Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3_.2 Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 3_.3 ANU NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 4 MODEMS AND MULTIPLEXERS .BLANK 4_.1 Setting Terminal Characteristics . . . . . . . . . 4-1 4_.2 Data Path Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 4_.3 Requirements For Serial Ports . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 4_.4 Requirements For Modems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 4_.5 RS232 Control Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 4_.6 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 4_.7 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 .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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 6 CONFIGURING DECUS UUCP .BLANK 6_.1 Create The Uucp Username(s) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 6_.2 Edit UUCP__SYSTARTUP_.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 6_.3 Create Your UUCP Map Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 6_.4 Create The UUCP Control File . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 6_.5 Create The UUCP Systems File . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 6_.6 Script Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16 6_.7 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 .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? . . . . . . . . . 7-9 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 8 FINISHING AND TESTING THE INSTALLATION OF UUCP .BLANK 8_.1 Check SYSGEN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 8_.2 File Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 8_.3 Define UUCP Logical Names . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 8_.4 Generating The Path Data Base . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 8_.5 Start It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 8_.6 Test It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 8_.7 If The Call Doesn't Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 8_.8 Make It Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 8_.9 Note For Cluster Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 8_.10 Tell Your Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 8_.11 Tell The World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 8_.12 Tell Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 8_.13 Obtaining Current Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 8_.14 Adding More Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 .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? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 9_.6 Domain Names: Machines Vs_. Companies . . . . . . 9-11 9_.7 Special Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 CHAPTER 10 GETTING READY TO RUN NEWS .BLANK 10_.1 Newsgroups -- What To Carry? . . . . . . . . . . 10-1 10_.2 Arranging For News Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4 10_.3 Feeding News To Other Sites . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 10_.4 ANU News And DECUS Uucp . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 10_.5 News System Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 10_.6 A Bit More About NNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8 .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 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 . . . . . . . . . . 11-21 11_.6 Start Up The Transfer Processes . . . . . . . . 11-21 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX A USING TELEBIT MODEMS .BLANK A_.1 Serial Port Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 A_.2 Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 A_.3 Modem Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 A_.4 Setting It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4 A_.5 Control And Systems File Entries . . . . . . . . . A-5 A_.6 Communicating With Other Telebits . . . . . . . . A-6 A_.7 Compatibility Issues (old History) . . . . . . . . A-6 .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 Checkaddr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 C_.2 Tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 C_.3 Compress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5 .TEST PAGE 2 C_.4 Uurate - Report Transfer And Connect Times For Uucp Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8 .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 E_.5 Uucp Protocol Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3 .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-8 F_.4 Status Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-9 F_.5 UUXQT's Batch Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-9 F_.6 Other Sources Of Information . . . . . . . . . . . F-9 F_.7 "Expected Problems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-11 F_.8 Restarting The Batch Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . F-12 F_.9 "MicroVAX Crashes While Running DECUS Uucp" . . F-12 .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 WANT TO HELP? .BLANK .TEST PAGE 5 .SK1 .I-8 APPENDIX I CHANGES FROM VERSION 1_.1 TO 1_.2X .BLANK I_.1 Example Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . I-1 I_.2 New Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1 I_.3 The Mailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-2 I_.4 UUCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-5 I_.5 NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-8 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX J CHANGES FROM VERSION 0_.2 TO 1_.1 .BLANK J_.1 Name Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-1 J_.2 Required Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . J-1 J_.3 New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-2 J_.4 Implementation Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-5 J_.5 Bug Fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-6 .TEST PAGE 5 .SK2 .I-8 APPENDIX K ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .BLANK K_.1 Version 1_.2x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K-1 K_.2 Version 1_.0 And 1_.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K-1 K_.3 Version 0_.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K-2 .RESTORE