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From: vixie@vix.com (Paul Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: uucp failure
Date: 9 Jun 1995 22:07:13 -0700
Organization: Vixie Enterprises
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References: <3rb8el$i36@homer.alpha.net>
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In article <3rb8el$i36@homer.alpha.net>,
Dean Roth  <Dean.Roth@mixcom.com> wrote:
# BSDI 2.0
# 
# I've configured UUCP for incoming calls. The login works.
# uucico is started and prints the right information, but always quits 
# after a few seconds. The log file only says "startup failure". Everything 
# seems to checkout. Any suggestions?

What does this session look like from "uucico -x99" on the other end,
or failing that, on a serial protocol analyzer?  "startup failed" means
your uucico sent some ^P's (uucp SYN, more or less) and got nothing back.
The fact that it happens after only a few seconds indicates that the remote
end may be initiating disconnect, which in turn indicates that the remote
end is seeing something it doesn't like.  Uucico on your end will not
initiate disconnect unless a timeout (longer than "a few seconds") or loss
of DCD occurs.
-- 
Paul Vixie
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