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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