UUCP requires a working directory in /usr/spool/uucp for the local system and for each system defined in the Systems file. Each directory must be owned by uucp and have uucpg as its group ID. If you create the directories with the uucp user ID, this will happen automatically. Otherwise, you will need to chown these directories from a superuser user ID.

• Create a working directory for the local system. Enter:

  mkdir -m 774 /usr/spool/uucp/$(uuname -l)

  ($(uuname -l) will be replaced with the name of your system). If the directory is not owned by uucp and uucpg, enter:

  chown uucp:uucpg /usr/spool/uucp/$(uuname -l)

• Create working directories for remote systems. (If you are setting up your uucp environment for the first time, see the Tip at the end of this step.) For each remote system, enter:

  mkdir -m 774 /usr/spool/uucp/system

  where system is the name of the remote system.
  If the directories are not owned by uucp and uucpg, enter:

  chown uucp:uucpg /usr/spool/uucp/system

  where system is the name of the remote system.
  Tip: If you are setting up your UUCP environment for the first time,

  cd /usr/spool/uucp
  mkdir -m 774 $(uuname)
  chown uucp:uucpg $(uuname)                # if necessary.

  $(uuname) will be replaced with a list of all systems defined in the Systems file