The Linux UUCP HOWTO

Guylhem Aznar <guylhem at metalab.unc.edu>

1. Introduction, copyright & standard disclaimer

• 1.1 Email & spamming
• 1.2 Goals
• 1.3 New versions
• 1.4 Feedback
• 1.5 Copyright
• 1.6 Limited warranty

2. Other sources of information

• 2.1 USENET
• 2.2 Mailing Lists
• 2.3 Other documents from LDP
• 2.4 Books

3. Requirements

• 3.1 Hardware
• 3.2 Software

4. Setting up the config files

• 4.1 Installing config. files
• 4.2 "Poll" file
• 4.3 "call" file
• 4.4 "config" file
• 4.5 "crontab" file
• 4.6 "dial" file
• 4.7 "passwd" file
• 4.8 "port" file
• 4.9 "sys" file
• 4.10 Now let's test all this
• 4.11 Additional informations

5. It doesn't work - now what?

6. Frequently Asked Questions about Linux UUCP

• 6.1 Why is all the info here for UUCPs configured in "Taylor" rather than
• 6.2 Why do I get "timeout" on connections when I upgraded to uucp-1.04?
• 6.3 Why doesn't HDB anonymous uucp seem to work?
• 6.4 What does "no matching ports found" mean?
• 6.5 What are known good config files for HDB mode?
• 6.6 Getting uucico to call alternate numbers

7. Acknowledgements