UUCPD(8) Linux Administrator's Manual UUCPD(8)
NAME
uucpd, in.uucpd - run uucico from inetd
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/in.uucpd
DESCRIPTION
Uucpd is a program run from inetd when inetd detects a connect on the
uucp port (usually 540 ). It uses pam to authenticate users. If access
by pam would be granted, and the first six letters of the basename of
the shell match the word uucico then an utmp and wtmp entry are written
and the users shell is invoked. The uucpd process stays around until
uucico exits, then updates the utmp and wtmp files once more.
OPTIONS
None.
NOTES
Uucico also has the possibility to check for loginname/password itself
directly, instead of needing a frontend uucpd. However that does not
work if the system has shadow passwords, or any other way of authenti-
cation which requires root privileges. Also, no utmp/wtmp records are
written.
If you want to define UUCP accounts outside the password file (eg
through /etc/uucp/passwd ) you need to call uucico -l from /etc/in-
etd.conf instead of in.uucpd
AUTHOR
Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)
SEE ALSO
inetd(8), inetd.conf(5), uucico(8)
Apr 20, 1999 UUCPD(8)