Managing UUCP and USENET (In a Nutshell) - Softcover

O'Reilly, Tim; Todino, Grace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0937175935 ISBN 13: 9780937175934

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 1990

Synopsis

For all its widespread use, UUCP is one of the most difficult UNIX utilities to master. Poor documentation, cryptic messages, and differences between various implementations make setting up UUCP links a nightmare for many a system administrator.

This handbook is meant for system administrators who want to install and manage the UUCP and Usenet software. It covers HoneyDanBer UUCP as well as standard Version 2 UUCP, with special notes on Xenix. As one reader noted over the Net, "Don't even TRY to install UUCP without it!"

Topics covered in Managing UUCP include:

• How UUCP works.
• RS-232 cabling.
• Talking with modems.
• Setting up a UUCP link.
• Security considerations.
• UUCP administration.
• Introduction to Usenet.
• Installing Netnews.
• Administering Netnews.

The tenth edition of this classic work has been revised and expanded to include descriptions of:

• How to use NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) to transfer Usenet news over TCP/IP and other high-speed networks.
• How to get DOS versions of UUCP.
• How to set up DOS-based laptop computers as traveling UUCP nodes.
• How the UUCP 'g' protocol works.

About this title

Synopsis

For all its widespread use, UUCP is said to be a difficult UNIX utilities to master. This book is for system administrators who want to install and manage UUCP and Usenet software.

Edition details

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937175935
• ISBN 13: 9780937175934
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300