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<A HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR>
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<B> Next:</B> <A HREF="node174.html">Setting up your System </A>
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<B>Up:</B> <A HREF="node170.html">The Do's and Dont's </A>
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<B> Previous:</B> <A HREF="node172.html">File Transfers</A>
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<H2><A NAME="SECTION0014430000">Forwarding</A></H2>
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<A NAME="6283"></A>
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<A NAME="6284"></A>
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UUCP provides a mechanism to have other systems execute file transfers
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on your behalf. For instance, this allows you to make seci
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retrieve a file from uchile for you, and send it to your
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system. The following command would achieve this:
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<P><P>
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This technique of passing a job through several systems is called
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<em>forwarding</em>. In the above example, the reason to use forwarding
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may be that seci has UUCP access to uchile, but your
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host doesn't. However, if you run a UUCP system, you would want to
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limit the forwarding service to a few hosts you trust not to run up
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a horrendous phone bill by making you download the latest X11R6 source
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release for them.
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By default, Taylor UUCP disallows forwarding altogether. To enable
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forwarding for a particular system, you can use the forward
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command. This command specifies a list of sites the system may
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request you to forward jobs to and from. For instance, the UUCP
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administrator of seci would have to add the following lines to
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the sys file to allow pablo to request files from
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uchile:
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<P>
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<P><P>
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The forward-to entry for uchile is necessary so that
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any files returned by it are actually passed on to pablo.
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Otherwise UUCP would drop them. This entry uses a variation of the
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forward command that permits uchile only to send
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files to pablo through seci; not the other way round.
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<P>
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To permit forwarding to any system, use the special keyword ANY
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(capital letters required).
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Andrew Anderson <BR>
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Thu Mar 7 23:22:06 EST 1996</I>
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