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From: gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: [386bsd] Need help with uucp configuration (lock probs)
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1992 22:05:10 GMT
Message-ID: <BypEoo.Jyo@ibmpcug.co.uk>
References: <AGQta7hGh2@astral.msk.su>
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(Sorry if this appears twice: had posting problems)

This is probably a common problem which anyone who has got uucp
going will be able to answer, I hope:  I've put up the standard Taylor
uucp - executables copied from ref.tfs.com - and I'm having trouble
doing anything.  The only thing that seems to work is when I uucico
out to my feed site, and there's mail pending for me.  That gets
delivered fine.  But if my feed site calls me there's a problem
(see listing below), and if I try to call uucp to transfer a file
from me to my feed site, it tries about 10 times to establish a
lock file then fails.  I've explicitly cleared out the dead locks
from /var/lock/TMP* but it doesn't help.

Here's what happens when I call in (from a DOS box):

(3) dial: Modem reports connected
(2) autobaud: speed select 14400
(2) expecting 6 of 10 "ogin:--ogin:--ogin:"
(1) wanted "ogin:"
(2) got that
(2) callup: sending 7 of 10 "uucp"
(2) sending "uucp"
(2) expecting 8 of 10 "word:"
(1) wanted "word:"
(2) got that
(2) callup: sending 9 of 10 "pass"
(2) sending "pass"
(2) 1st msg = Shere=camden
(2) 2nd msg = RLCK
(1) Unexpected second message: LCK
(3) hangup: Dropped DTR

I presume (though I don't know the protocol) that RLCK is an error
meaning it couldn't create a lock file.

thanks

Graham


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