HP General IO Connectivity manual

PAD Services

UUCP Support (x29uucpd)

Any – indicates that bill can be called at any time.

5 – is the retry duration (dave will try again to connect to bill in 5 minutes).

dev_bill – is the name of the remote system declared in dave’s Devices file.

f – is the file transfer protocol. HP recommends using f rather than g for better performance.

19200 – is the transfer rate (it must be set at the same speed as that specified in the dave’s Devices file).

““\r\d\r\d\r login: -BREAK-login: uucp word: test – is login information declaring uucp as the user for uucp and uucico processes, with the password “test”. The password creates a link to the entry in the

/etc/passwd file of bill.

Step	3.	Make sure that the following entry appears in the
		/usr/lib/uucp/Devices file:
		dev_bill x29/bill - 19200 direct
		x29/bill has a maximum of 14 characters. The x29/bill entry creates
		a link with the pad_uucp entry in the x29hosts file.
Step	4.	Add the following lines to the /usr/lib/uucp/Permissions file:
		MACHINE=bill \
		SENDFILES=yes REQUEST=yes CALLBACK=no \
		READ=/
		WRITE=/
		COMMANDS=ALL
NOTE		You can verify current permissions with the uucheck -vcommand.
Step	5.	Create the following entry in the /etc/x25/x29hosts file:

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