>[sorry for the cross post ... but I need this server set up ... and UUCP is
> required for me to do that... and I have been fudging with it for a week now]
>
>
>Ok, I did this... But I have now tried version of uucico, the version that
>came with NetBSD 1.4.1 and GNU's ... *all* of them tell me:
>
>uucico: mkdir ('/var/spool/uucp'): No such file or directory
>
>if I do not use the mkdir that comes with UUCP or:
>
>uucico: mkdir ('/var/spool/uucp'): Permission denied
>
>regardless of the permissions, with the version of mkdir that comes with UUCP.
>
>
>I have tried all permissions on the /var/spoo/uucp directory, ???? Although,
>through all of this until the past few days ... I had never fudged the initial
>permissions to begin with ... what the **** am I doing wrong here... Anyone
>else on the list running an i386 install of 1.4.1 and using UUCP? Anyone
>run into any problems with UUCP at all?

I don't use UUCP, but I would think that you would need the sticky bit set
on the /var/spool/UUCP directory, just like the /var/mail directory.

Just a thought,
Mike
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