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uucpd(ADMN)


uucpd -- UUCP server

Syntax

uucpd

Description

uucpd is the server for supporting UUCP connections over networks.

uucpd is invoked by inetd(ADMN) when a UUCP connection is established (that is, a connection to the port indicated in the uucp service specification; see services(SFF)), and executes the following protocol:

  1. The server prompts with login:. The uucico(ADM) process at the other end must supply a username.

  2. Unless the username refers to an account without a password, the server then prompts with Password:. The uucico process at the other end must supply the password for that account.
If the username is not valid or is valid but refers to an account that does not have a /uucico-based login shell, or if the password is not the correct password for that account, the connection is dropped. Otherwise, uucico is run, with the user ID, group ID, group set, and home directory for that account, with the environment variables USER and LOGNAME set to the specified username. Login successes and failures are logged via syslog.

Diagnostics

All diagnostic messages are returned on the connection, after which the connection is closed.

user read
An error occurred while reading the username.

passwd read
An error occurred while reading the password.

Login incorrect
The username is invalid or refers to an account with a login shell other than /usr/lib/uucp/uucico, or the password is not the correct password for the account.

Files

/etc/wtmp accounting

See also

inetd(ADMN), services(SFF), uucico(ADM)
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