PAD Services

UUCP Support (x29uucpd)

NOTE

See the man pages for x29uucpd for full details on syntax and

 

parameters.

 

 

 

 

Table 6-1

 

 

 

FileContents

 

/etc/x25/x29hosts pad_uucp

parameters for each remote

 

 

host

 

/etc/passwd

uucp entry

 

/etc/x25/x3config

optional X.3 parameters

 

/usr/lib/uucp/Systems

remote system’s name

 

/usr/lib/uucp/Permissions

remote system’s login name

 

/usr/lib/uucp/Devices

device file name

Configuring the x29hosts file

The /etc/x25/x29hosts file must contain a separate pad_uucp section for each remote site. An example pad_uucp section is shown below.

pad_uucp {

 

device

x25uucp

name

interface0

remote_x121

4085551113

cud

abc

cug

2

logging

3

reverse_charge

enable

x3

hp_uucp

}

 

pad_uucp Parameters

device

Mandatory. This is the device file name located in the

 

/dev/x29 directory. It is created when x29uucpd is

 

executed and is used for communication between

 

UUCP and x29uucpd. This device file must also exist in

 

/usr/lib/uucp/Devices file for the UUCP system.

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