Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!piaget.UUCP!jc From: jc@piaget.UUCP.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.workstations Subject: Re: question about using `tip' on sun-3 Message-ID: <8612170120.AA20915@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 20:11:16 EST Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.8612170120.AA20915 Posted: Tue Dec 16 20:11:16 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 19:47:38 EST References: <8612052256.AA23788@linc.cis.upenn.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: piaget!jc (John Cornelius, System Manager) Organization: International Widget Lines: 18 Approved: works@red.rutgers.edu In article <8612052256.AA23788@linc.cis.upenn.edu> Levkowitz@CIS.UPENN.EDU (Haim Levkowitz) writes: >i m seeking help in usin `tip' on the sun to access a remote system > ... >/etc/remote one has to define remote sights and one of the >parameters that are to be set is the `dv' parameter for device. i >have not been > ... I don't know about the remote file but cu (and tip as well I believe) use the uucp dialer and system files. That is, the system must be known to uucp (L.sys or System, depending on the version) and the line you are to dial out on must also be known to uucp (L.devices or Devices.....). -- John Cornelius (...!sdcsvax!piaget!jc)