''' $Id: uucico.8,v 1.1 1993/08/04 19:36:33 jtc Exp $
.TH uucico 8 "Taylor UUCP 1.04"
uucico \- UUCP file transfer daemon
daemon processes file transfer requests queued by
is run (unless they are given the
option). It is also typically started periodically using
option, the daemon will place a call to a remote system, running in
Otherwise the daemon will start in slave mode, accepting a
call from a remote system. Typically a special login name will be set
up for UUCP which automatically invokes
terminates, it invokes the
(8) executes any work orders created by
(1) on a remote system, and any work orders created locally which have
received remote files for which they were waiting.
will normally refuse to retry the
call until a certain (configurable) amount of time
has passed. This may be overriden by the
option may be used to force
to produce its own prompts of "login: " and "Password:". When another
daemon calls in, it will see these prompts and log in as usual; the
login name and password will be checked against a separate list kept
option will prompt once and then exit. The
option will prompt again after the first session is over; in this mode
will permanently control a port.
receives a SIGQUIT, SIGTERM or SIGPIPE signal, it will cleanly abort
any current conversation with a remote system and exit. If it
receives a SIGHUP signal it will abort any current conversation, but
will continue to place calls to (if invoked with
and accept calls from (if invoked with
other systems. If it receives a
SIGINT signal it will finish the current conversation, but will not
place or accept any more calls.
The following options may be given to
Start in master mode (call out to a system); implied by
If no system is specified, call any system for which work is waiting
Start in slave mode. This is the default.
Call the named system, ignoring any required wait.
Ignore any required wait for any systems to be called.
Prompt for login name and password using "login: " and "Password:".
(8). The login name and password are checked against the UUCP
password file, which has no connection to the file
Specify a port to call out on or to listen to. In slave mode, this
Enter endless loop of login/password prompts and slave mode daemon
execution. The program will not stop by itself; you must use
After calling out (to a particular system when
is specifed, or to all systems which have work when
is specifed), begin an endless loop as with
(8) daemon when finished.
If no calls are permitted at this time, then don't make the call, but
also do not put an error message in the log file and do not update the
system status (as reported by
(1)). This can be convenient for automated polling scripts, which may
want to simply attempt to call every system rather than worry about
which particular systems may be called at the moment.
Do not detach from the controlling terminal. Normally
detaches from the terminal before each call out to another system and
This option prevents this.
Turn on particular debugging types. The following types are
recognized: abnormal, chat, handshake, uucp-proto, proto, port,
config, spooldir, execute, incoming, outgoing.
Multiple types may be given, separated by commas, and the
option may appear multiple times. A number may also be given, which
will turn on that many types from the foregoing list; for example,
The debugging output is sent to the debugging file, usually one of
/usr/spool/uucp/Debug, /usr/spool/uucp/DEBUG, or
/usr/spool/uucp/.Admin/audit.local.
Set configuration file to use. This option may not be available,
This option is ignored. It is only included because some versions of
The file names may be changed at compilation time or by the
configuration file, so these are only approximations.
/usr/lib/uucp/config - Configuration file.
/usr/lib/uucp/passwd - Default UUCP password file.
Default UUCP public directory.
kill(1), uucp(1), uux(1), uustat(1), uuxqt(8)
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