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I have a problem using uucp. I have Ubuntu 10.4 and i installed the 'uucp' package.

In my LAN there are a desktop pc, a laptop, and the router
the desktop local ip is: 192.168.0.2
the laptop local ip is: 192.168.0.4

Here are the /etc/uucp/config and the /etc/uucp/sys i used on the desktop.

Code:

# /etc/uucp/sys
protocol et

protocol-parameter i timeout 5
protocol-parameter i packet-size 4095
protocol-parameter i remote-packet-size 4095
protocol-parameter t packet-size 4095
protocol-parameter t remote-packet-size 4095

#
# Our remote uucp system.
#
system uucplaptop 
address 192.168.0.4
port TCP
call-login loginname
call-password passwd
# I used the login name and the password of a user

Code:

# /etc/uucp/config
nodename uucpdesktop

I used the same configuration file on the laptop, but i changed the ip address, the login name and the password, and the system name.

I created a test file on the desktop and i tried retrieving it from the laptop with

Code:

uucp uucpdekstop\!/home/user/TEST.FILE uucplaptop\!/var/spool/uucppublic/

I get no error message but the test file isn't in the laptop.

Can you help me?
Thank you for any reply.

PS: i deactivated the firewall on both pcs.

If uucp is not a hard requirement, you might want to consider rsync and scp, which seem to be better supported these days.

I think it's better to use UUCP because I wanna connect even a system with serial connection and use 'cu' to remote control it.

For now i need the basic configuration to copy files beetween my LAN.

Maybe you could try changing the uucp debugging level. From one of the uucp man pages:

Code:

 -x debug_level	 Produce   debugging   output	on   standard  output.
			 debug_level  is  a  number  between  0  and   9.   As
			 debug_level  increases  to 9, more detailed debugging
			 information is given. This option may not  be	avail-
			 able on all systems.

About 20 years ago I did a one-week course on this subject. It is not easy to implement but when working it is vastly superior to the hodgepodge of utilities supplied with current TCP/IP packages.
I don't recall using "uucp" or "cu" over TCP/IP.
We had serial connection to X25 lines, proprietary protocols, and occasional serial-serial connections with a null-modem cable.

I've never seen the first book but do have a copy of the second book. It is a good book.

If you have an Ethernet connection with TCP/IP protocol between the two computers it is a waste of time pursuing old methods. If for some obscure reason you ONLY have a serial connection using a null-modem cable then there is some reason to pursue the history of unix-unix communications.

How precisely are the two computers connected?