Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!david From: david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover) Newsgroups: net.bugs.uucp Subject: Re: System V introduces yet another inconsistency (SVIYAI) Message-ID: <1160@ukma.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 23:15:06 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.1160 Posted: Tue Mar 5 23:15:06 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 04:41:09 EST Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences Lines: 32 References: <454@lsuc.UUCP> <1242@eagle.UUCP> <5138@utzoo.UUCP> >it is hardly arrogance on at&t's part for individual uucp >administrators to put uucp's home directory where they choose. >e.g., allegra has been running with the uucp home directory in >/usr/lib/uucp (where it belongs!) essentially forever, without >complaint. > > peter Why does the uucp home directory belong as /usr/lib/uucp?????? Granted, there should be an administrative login for the uucp "super-user". But why should it get the name "uucp" since custom and convention for many years has had ~uucp being PUBDIR. BTW, the honey-danber uucp is really slick. I just wish the manual didn't talk and talk without saying anything. -- :------------------------------------------------------------------: :- David Herron -: :- -: :- ARPA-> "ukma!david"@ANL-MCS or david%ukma.uucp@anl-mcs.arpa -: :- ARPA-> Or even anlams!ukma!david@ucbvax.arpa -: :- -: :- UUCP-> {ucbvax,unmvax,boulder,research}!anlams!ukma!david -: :- UUCP-> {mcvax!qtlon,vax135,mddc}!qusavx!ukma!david -: :- UUCP-> {A-Large-Portion-of-The-World}!cbosgd!ukma!david -: :------------------------------------------------------------------: "The home of poly-unsaturated thinking".