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- Subject: UUCP Access to Kermit Distribution
- From: okstate!vasoll
- Newsgroups: mod.sources
- Approved: jpn@panda.UUCP
-
- Mod.sources: Volume 3, Issue 85
- Submitted by: okstate!vasoll
-
-
- There has been renewed interest lately in obtaining the Kermit sources
- via UUCP. These are the latest instructions for direct uucp access from
- okstate.
-
- Mark Vasoll
- Department of Computing and Information Sciences
- Oklahoma State University
-
- UUCP: {cbosgd, ea, ihnp4, isucs1, mcvax, pesnta, uokvax}!okstate!vasoll
-
- ARPA: vasoll%okstate.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
- ------------------------
-
- OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY KERMIT DIALUP ACCESS
-
-
- UUCP and Kermit access to the complete Kermit distribution is available from
- the Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Oklahoma State
- University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
-
- The files from TAPE A are in /usr/spool/uucppublic/kermit-a/*
-
- The files from TAPE B are in /usr/spool/uucppublic/kermit-b/*
-
-
- - - UUCP -
-
- You need to set up "okstate" as a site in your "L.sys" UUCP dialing file
- using the information listed below. You can then issue the following
- commands on your system:
-
- uucp okstate!~uucp/kermit-a/aaaread.me /usr/spool/uucppublic
-
- (this example will retrieve a general information file about the entire
- Kermit Distribution. DO THIS FIRST!)
-
-
- uucp okstate!~uucp/kermit-b/ck\* /usr/spool/uucppublic
-
- (this example will retrieve the current version of C-Kermit)
-
- "/usr/spool/uucppublic" was chosen as the destination on your system since
- the destination must be WIDE OPEN (drwxrwxrwx) to everyone. You should not
- remove files from your uucppublic until the entire transfer is complete
- including any redials that are necessary. If you do remove some files, our
- system may retransmit them, resulting in a higher phone bill for you.
-
- There are 2 files available that contain information about the entire
- distribution. We recommend that you retrieve these files first. They are
- "aaaread.me" which explains the file name conventions used, and "aafiles.dir"
- which is a complete listing (by name) of all files in the in each kermit
- directory. These files will enable you to choose the right files the first
- time to save those high dollar phone bills.
-
- - ---- UUCP Login information ----
-
- Site Name : okstate
- Phone number : (405) 624-6953 (one line only)
- Login name : uucpker
- Password : thefrog
- Hours : 24 hours per day, 7 days a week
- Problem : okstate!uucp-support (UUCP)
- reports : uucp-support%okstate@csnet-relay (ARPA)
-
- The phone number is for 300/1200 baud (bell compatible).
-
- The following is a sample L.sys line (\r is a carriage return). You might
- want to put a time restriction on Any. ("Any2100-900" in Illinois)
-
- okstate Any ACU 1200 405-624-6953 "" \r ogin: uucpker word: thefrog
-
- Just a few notes on how to best retrieve parts of the Kermit distribution
- using UUCP...
-
- - Install the proper L.sys entry and test it using the debugging option
- of UUCICO (-x). Repeat this step until you successfully complete a
- "no work" connection, this will verify that your L.sys entry is correct
- and will minimize frazzled nerves.
-
- - Retrieve the files `aaaread.me' and `aafiles.dir' with the following
- commands:
-
- uucp -c -d okstate!~uucp/kermit-a/aaaread.me /usr/spool/uucppublic
- uucp -c -d okstate!~uucp/kermit-a/aafiles.dir /usr/spool/uucppublic/files.dir.a
- uucp -c -d okstate!~uucp/kermit-b/aafiles.dir /usr/spool/uucppublic/files.dir.b
-
- You will have to escape the exclamation point and the tilde if you are
- using the C shell (i.e. ...okstate\!\~uucp/kermit-a...).
-
- - Choose the versions of Kermit that you wish to transfer and issue the
- proper UUCP command. Some systems don't seem to like wildcards, but
- in any case the wildcards will have to be escaped from your shell. The
- following command would retrieve the files relating to C-Kermit:
-
- uucp -c -d okstate!~uucp/kermit-b/ck\* /usr/spool/uucppublic
-
- PLEASE NOTE THE USE OF /usr/spool/uucppublic! Unless you *really*
- understand how UUCP's protections work you should not change this! A
- number of people have queued >100 files and had their systems refuse
- to store them in out of the way places. This results in wasted phone
- time!
-
- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- KERMIT SERVER ACCESS TO THE KERMIT DISTRIBUTION AREA.
-
- Okstate also provides access to the KERMIT distribution via a KERMIT Server.
- The number is the same as above for the uucpker login, so the line may be busy
- quite a bit. This server is a specialized server with controlled access. At
- present, the server is only allowed access to the kermit directories on our
- machine. By issuing the command "REMOTE HELP" from your KERMIT, you will see
- a description of the commands that the server will recognize, and a line like
-
- - --> /usr/spool/uucppublic/kermit-a: r
- /usr/spool/uucppublic/kermit-b: r
-
- This means that the server can read files from the indicated directory. Other
- possibilities exist, there is w-Write access, d-Delete access, and x-Execute
- access. At any rate, you can only read from the kermit-* directories at this
- time, and these are the only directories that you may access.
-
- KERMIT login : kermsrv
- Password : piggy
- Parity : even
- Data path : 7 bit
- Available : 24 hours/day, 7 days a week
-
- When the login is completed, the server will start, and you should escape
- back to your local KERMIT to issue further commands. If the server remains
- idle for a period of time around 10 minutes, it will be stopped. While the
- server is receiving data other than NAK packets, it will continue to run.
-
- The best place to start after logging on is "REMOTE HELP", followed closely by
- the desired "REMOTE DIR" commands. If you don't include an argument to REMOTE
- DIR, you should be prepared for more than 600 lines of output. It is usually
- better to read the AAAREAD.ME file (using REMOTE TYPE perhaps) and then do
- the DIR with some kind of wildcard (like "REMOTE DIR ck*").
-
- If your kermit does not support remote commands, then you can get files from
- either directory by preceding the file name with the proper path, as in:
-
- get /usr/spool/uucp/kermit-b/ck*
-
-
- - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- - If you are having problems connecting to our system PLEASE send mail
- to {cbosgd, ea, ihnp4, isucs1, mcvax, uokvax}!okstate!uucp-support
-
- - Kind words also make my day!
-
- - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Thanks,
-
- Mark Vasoll
- Department of Computing and Information Sciences
- Oklahoma State University
-
- UUCP: {cbosgd, ea, ihnp4, isucs1, mcvax, pesnta, uokvax}!okstate!vasoll
-
- ARPA: vasoll%okstate.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
-
-