[COFF] UUCP on macOS / *BSD
Larry McVoy
lm at mcvoy.com
Tue Jun 30 01:37:39 AEST 2020
So UUCP, depending which version, really needed a baby sitter. I think
the latest one was sort of reliable but my ancient memory is that you
had to unwedge things on a daily basis.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 06:50:27PM -0600, Grant Taylor via COFF wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with UUCP on macOS or *BSD systems that
> would be willing to help me figure something out?
>
> I'm working on adding a macOS X system to my micro UUCP network and running
> into some problems.
>
> - uuto / uucp copy files from my non-root / non-(_)uucp user to the UUCP
> spool. But the (demand based) ""call (pipe over SSH) is failing.
> - running "uucico -r1 -s <remote system name> -f" as the (_)uucp user (via
> sudo) works.
> - I'm using the pipe port type and running things over an SSH connection.
> - The (_)uucp user can ssh to the remote system as expected without any
> problems or being prompted for a password. (Service specific keys w/ forced
> command.)
>
> I noticed that the following files weren't set UID or GID like they are on
> Linux. But I don't know if that's a macOS and / or *BSD difference when
> compared to Linux.
>
> /usr/bin/uucp
> /usr/bin/uuname
> /usr/bin/uustat
> /usr/bin/uux
> /usr/sbin/uucico
> /usr/sbin/uuxqt
>
> Adding the set UID & GID bits allowed things to mostly work.
>
> Aside: Getting the contemporary macOS so that I could edit the
> (/usr/share/uucp/) sys & port files was a treat.
>
> I figured that it was worth inquiring if anyone had any more experience /
> tips / gotchas before I go bending ~> breaking things even more.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> --
> Grant. . . .
> unix || die
>
>
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