2 .TH uucico 8 "Taylor UUCP 1.06"
4 uucico \- UUCP file transfer daemon
11 daemon processes file transfer requests queued by
15 (1). It is started when
19 is run (unless they are given the
21 option). It is also typically started periodically using
33 the daemon will place a call to a remote system, running in master
34 mode. Otherwise the daemon will start in slave mode, accepting a call
35 from a remote system. Typically a special login name will be set up
36 for UUCP which automatically invokes
42 terminates, it invokes the
44 (8) daemon, unless the
50 (8) executes any work orders created by
52 (1) on a remote system, and any work orders created locally which have
53 received remote files for which they were waiting.
57 will normally refuse to retry the
58 call until a certain (configurable) amount of time
59 has passed. This may be overriden by the
72 options may be used to force
74 to produce its own prompts of "login: " and "Password:". When another
75 daemon calls in, it will see these prompts and log in as usual. The
76 login name and password will normally be checked against a separate
77 list kept specially for
81 file; it is possible on some systems to direct
89 option will prompt once and then exit; in this mode the UUCP
90 administrator or the superuser may use the
94 option to force a login name, in which case
96 will not prompt for one.
101 option will prompt again after the first session is over; in this mode
103 will permanently control a port.
107 receives a SIGQUIT, SIGTERM or SIGPIPE signal, it will cleanly abort
108 any current conversation with a remote system and exit. If it
109 receives a SIGHUP signal it will abort any current conversation, but
110 will continue to place calls to (if invoked with
114 and accept calls from (if invoked with
118 other systems. If it receives a
119 SIGINT signal it will finish the current conversation, but will not
120 place or accept any more calls.
122 The following options may be given to
126 Start in master mode (call out to a system); implied by
131 If no system is specified, call any system for which work is waiting
135 Start in slave mode. This is the default.
137 .B \-s system, \-\-system system
138 Call the named system.
141 Call the named system, ignoring any required wait. This is equivalent
146 Ignore any required wait for any systems to be called.
149 Prompt for login name and password using "login: " and "Password:".
152 to be easily run from
154 (8). The login name and password are checked against the UUCP
155 password file, which probably has no connection to the file
159 option may be used to force a login name, in which cause
161 will only prompt for a password.
163 .B \-p port, \-\-port port
164 Specify a port to call out on or to listen to.
167 Enter endless loop of login/password prompts and slave mode daemon
168 execution. The program will not stop by itself; you must use
173 After calling out (to a particular system when
178 is specifed, or to all systems which have work when just
182 is specifed), begin an endless loop as with
188 (8) daemon when finished.
191 If no calls are permitted at this time, then don't make the call, but
192 also do not put an error message in the log file and do not update the
193 system status (as reported by
195 (1)). This can be convenient for automated polling scripts, which may
196 want to simply attempt to call every system rather than worry about
197 which particular systems may be called at the moment. This option
198 also suppresses the log message indicating that there is no work to be
202 Only call the system named by
207 if there is work for that system.
210 Do not detach from the controlling terminal. Normally
212 detaches from the terminal before each call out to another system and
215 This option prevents this.
217 .B \-u name, \-\-login name
218 Set the login name to use instead of that of the invoking user. This
219 option may only be used by the UUCP administrator or the superuser.
224 to prompt only for the password, not the login name.
227 If a call fails after the remote system is reached, try the next
228 alternate rather than simply exiting.
230 .B \-i type, \-\-stdin type
231 Set the type of port to use when using standard input. The only
232 support port type is TLI, and this is only available on machines which
233 support the TLI networking interface. Specifying
237 to use TLI calls to perform I/O.
239 .B \-x type, \-X type, \-\-debug type
240 Turn on particular debugging types. The following types are
241 recognized: abnormal, chat, handshake, uucp-proto, proto, port,
242 config, spooldir, execute, incoming, outgoing.
244 Multiple types may be given, separated by commas, and the
246 option may appear multiple times. A number may also be given, which
247 will turn on that many types from the foregoing list; for example,
250 .B \-\-debug abnormal,chat.
252 The debugging output is sent to the debugging file, usually one of
253 /var/spool/uucp/Debug, /usr/spool/uucp/DEBUG, or
254 /usr/spool/uucp/.Admin/audit.local.
256 .B \-I file, \-\-config file
257 Set configuration file to use. This option may not be available,
263 Report version information and exit.
266 Print a help message and exit.
268 The file names may be changed at compilation time or by the
269 configuration file, so these are only approximations.
272 /etc/uucp/config - Configuration file.
274 /etc/uucp/passwd - Default UUCP password file.
277 UUCP spool directory.
279 /var/spool/uucp/Log -
282 /var/spool/uucppublic -
283 Default UUCP public directory.
285 /var/spool/uucp/Debug -
288 kill(1), uucp(1), uux(1), uustat(1), uuxqt(8)