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From: unix rookie <hackier@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc
Subject: UUCP:    shere=[hostname]  .... ?????
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 10:08:09 +0200
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i configured uucp on a bsdi 3.0 operating system but what is meant by "
shere=[hostname] " ???? when i manually log in with uucp .. i get this
"shere" thing ..& the screen hangs ....in the manual book it says that i
can escape this with " ~. " but it doesn't work ... can anyone help me
with this ?

greetings from 
unix rookie