Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!ge-dab!codas!killer!sean From: sean@killer.UUCP (Sean McCollister) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Anybody (non ATT employee) have luck capturing 3b1 HDB uucp? Message-ID: <2274@killer.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 11:20:20 EST Article-I.D.: killer.2274 Posted: Tue Dec 1 11:20:20 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 06:09:39 EST References: <797@neoucom.UUCP> Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas Lines: 27 Keywords: Grrrr. Summary: Your node name CAN be more than 6 chars In article <797@neoucom.UUCP>, wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: > > Does anybody know what the rationale for chopping off system > names (including your own system's) to six characters in uucp is? > Or, am I just being stupid and missing something? > > > --Bill The problem here is actually in the form files the User Agent uses for input. There's a variable in the form files called Flen (I think) that you can modify to allow an entry of more than 6 characters. I'm not sure what the names of the form files are (I'm an "unreal" AT&T type :-) and have HDB), but they reside in /usr/lib/ua; I think they're called Lsys[something- or-other].form. If you don't want to edit those form files, you can set your node name by logging in as root and executing setuname -s systemname -n systemname. No six-character restriction applies with this. For the names of other systems you communicate with, just edit /usr/lib/uucp/L.sys, and make any changes to the system names listed you need to. This is what I used to do before I got ahold of HDB. Just as an aside, I also wish it were possible for the multitudes to get HDB. The uucp that comes with the 3B1 is pretty pathetic. Sean