NIO CommKit Host Interface Installation and System Administration Manual

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UUCP Setup
Description
Description
This appendix contains information about configuring UUCP for transfer-
ring files across a data switch network.
For more information on UUCP, refer to the HP publication Remote Access:
User’s Guide for HP 9000 Computers.
This section describes how to set up file transfer between hosts to the same
VCS switch. For more information on how to set up file transfer between
hosts on different VCS switches, see the comments in the /usr/lib/uucp/
Devices file.
Configuring the UUCP Subsystem
To enable the UUCP subsystem to use the NIO CommKit Host Interface,
you need to modify files on both the local host and the remote host. In the
following example, hostA is the name of the local system and hostB is the
name of the remote system.
On the Local System
1 Edit the file /usr/lib/uucp/Systems to add the remote system to the list of known
UUCP systems, for example:
hostB Any DK 9600 hostB.uucp
hostA Any DK 9600 hostA.uucp
The first entry allows the local system to send a file to the remote system. The
second entry allows the local system to get a file from the remote system.
The values in the first entry have the meanings listed below:
• hostB is the name of the remote host.
• Any is the time during which a remote system can call.
• The retry value is not specified and therefore is none.
• DK is the device type, which stands for Datakit.
• 9600 is the baud rate.
• hostB.uucp is the login name on the remote system.