Re: [SLE] migrating from redhat / fedora / mandrake to suse 9.1 or 9.2

From: Ken Schneider (suse-list_at_bout-tyme.net)
Date: 05/30/05

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Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 08:10:55 -0400

    On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 08:48 +0200, Chadley Wilson wrote:
    > You must understand that I have never been exposed to this before!.
    >
    > On the current system we run this command to get a login prompt on the
    > remote
    > system via dial-up,
    >
    > cu -x9 natgnet
    >
    > natgnet (server) is set in our /etc/uucp/oldconfig/Systems file
    >
    > # cat Systems
    > natgnet any ACU 38400 0134453212 ogin: \c\d "" uucp assword: ####
    >
    >
    > alternatively from the SCO-UNIX box we can do cu -x9 sitename
    >
    > and it dials into the site giving a login prompt.
    >
    > I figured if I could just get cu to work then uucico would also work.
    >
    >
    > Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
    >
    > Thanx
    >
    Have you looked at using seyon at all. The configuration is much more
    straight forward and runs as a gui. Just an idea.

    After installing the uucp package I see the docs are -very- sparse with
    -no- real world examples. Even default config files are not in place
    with -no- hint on what goes where. 

    -- 
Ken Schneider
UNIX  since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE  since 1998
 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably
  the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
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