Problems with HDB and XENIX V/386 2.3.1

[Steven M. List]

This Permissions file is making me nuts.  Is there a bug in the SCO version
of HDB UUCP or am I failing to understand something?  I have two machines
that are tied together with two direct RS232 lines (guinan and mrspoc).
One is a 386 running XENIX (guinan) and the other is a Plexus P/60 running
System V (sort of).  I can happily transfer files between the machines
as long as:

1. Requests initiated on mrspoc only specify ~ as their destination on
   guinan

2. The request originates on guinan and the USERFILE on mrspoc is set up
   to allow access to the appropriate files and directories.

The following is my Permissions file.  Any help?  Please?

#	@(#) Permissions 1.1 88/07/02 
#
#	Copyright (C) The Santa Cruz Operation, 1988.
#	This Module contains Proprietary Information of
#	The Santa Cruz Operation, Microsoft Corporation
#	and AT&T, and should be treated as Confidential.
#
LOGNAME=uucp \
MACHINE=mrspoc:worf:yar \
	COMMANDS=ALL \
	READ=/:/usr/local/lib:~ \
	WRITE=/:/usr/local/lib:~ \
	SENDFILES=yes REQUEST=yes
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