<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>The Linux UUCP HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>The Linux UUCP HOWTO</H1> <H2>Guylhem Aznar <CODE><guylhem at metalab.unc.edu></CODE></H2>v2.0.1, 2001-12-01 <P><HR> <EM> <!-- UUCP --> This document describes the setup, care & feeding of UUCP under Linux. You need to read this if you plan to connect to remote sites via UUCP via a modem, via a direct-connection, or via Internet. You probably do *not* need to read this document if don't talk UUCP or if you don't know what it means.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-1.html">Introduction, copyright & standard disclaimer</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Email & spamming </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Goals </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.3">1.3 New versions </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.4">1.4 Feedback </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.5">1.5 Copyright </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.6">1.6 Limited warranty </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-2.html">Other sources of information</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 USENET </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 Mailing Lists </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.3">2.3 Other documents from LDP </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.4">2.4 Books </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-3.html">Requirements</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Hardware </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Software </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html">Setting up the config files</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Installing config. files </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 "Poll" file </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 "call" file </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.4">4.4 "config" file </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.5">4.5 "crontab" file </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.6">4.6 "dial" file </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.7">4.7 "passwd" file </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.8">4.8 "port" file </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.9">4.9 "sys" file </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.10">4.10 Now let's test all this </A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.11">4.11 Additional informations </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-5.html">It doesn't work - now what?</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-6.html">Frequently Asked Questions about Linux UUCP</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 Why is all the info here for UUCPs configured in "Taylor" rather than</A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 Why do I get "timeout" on connections when I upgraded to uucp-1.04?</A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 Why doesn't HDB anonymous uucp seem to work?</A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.4">6.4 What does "no matching ports found" mean?</A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.5">6.5 What are known good config files for HDB mode?</A> <LI><A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.6">6.6 Getting uucico to call alternate numbers</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-7.html">Acknowledgements</A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="UUCP-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>