Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site houxf.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-vax!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!houxf!govern From: govern@houxf.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Why won't uucp dial out? Message-ID: <371@houxf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 12:07:04 EDT Article-I.D.: houxf.371 Posted: Thu Jul 7 12:07:04 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Jul-83 03:41:14 EDT References: <369@houxf.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 18 My problem is now fixed, thanks to advice from Steve Bellovin and Gary Murakami. On my 4.1BSD system, I was getting the following errors: $ uucico -r1 -x9 -shouxm gdial called AERROR - (nr == 4) BAD LINE #exit code -1 The problem was that BSD is more picky about the L-devices file format than USG is; hence the comment and blank line in the file wiped it out. After fixing it, there was a TOO MANY CODES error, which means that the L-dialcodes file had too many entries. Fix: either change MAXCODES in /usr/src/cmd/uucp/conn.c to a larger number (e.g. 100), or use fewer dialcodes. The default is 30, which is fine for most users, but too small for the BTL Network Action distribution. Thanks; Bill Stewart houxm!govern