UUCICO(8) BSD System Manager's Manual UUCICO(8)NAME
uucico, uucpd - transfer files queued by uucp or uux
SYNOPSIS
uucico [-L] [-R] [-dspooldir] [-ggrade] [-rrole] [-ssystem] [-xdebug]
[-tturnaround]
uucpd
DESCRIPTION
Uucico performs the actual work involved in transferring files between
systems. Uucp(1) and uux(1) merely queue requests for data transfer
which uucico processes.
The following options are available.
-L Only call ``local'' sites. A site is considered local if the de-
vice-type field in L.sys(5) is one of LOCAL, DIR or TCP.
-R Reverse roles. When used with the -r1 option, this tells the re-
mote system to begin sending its jobs first, instead of waiting
for the local machine to finish.
-dspooldir
Use spooldir as the spool directory. The default is
/var/spool/uucp.
-ggrade
Only send jobs of grade grade or higher this transfer. The grade
of a job is specified when the job is queued by uucp(1) or
uux(1).
-rrole role is either 1 or 0; it indicates whether uucico is to start up
in master or slave role, respectively. 1 is used when running
uucico by hand or from cron(8). 0 is used when another system
calls the local system. Slave role is the default.
-ssystem
Call only system system. If -s is not specified, and -r1 is spec-
ified, uucico will attempt to call all systems for which there is
work. If -s is specified, a call will be made even if there is
no work for that system. This is useful for polling.
-tturnaround
Use turnaround as the line turnaround time (in minutes) instead
of the default 30. If turnaround is missing or 0, line
turnaround will be disabled. After uucico has been running in
slave role for turnaround minutes, it will attempt to run in mas-
ter role by negotiating with the remote machine. In earlier ver-
sions of uucico, a transfer of many large files in one direction
would hold up mail going in the other direction. With the
turnaround code working, the message flow will be more bidirec-
tional in the short term. This option only works with newer
uucico's and is ignored by older ones.
-xdebug
Turn on debugging at level debug. Level 5 is a good start when
trying to find out why a call failed. Level 9 is very detailed.
Level 99 is absurdly verbose. If role is 1 (master), output is
written to the standard error stderr. If stderr is unavailable,
output is written to /var/spool/uucp/AUDIT/system. When role is 0
(slave), debugging output is always written to the AUDIT file.
If uucico receives a SIGFPE (see kill(1)), it will toggle the debugging
on or off.
Uucpd is the server for supporting uucp connections over networks. Uucpd
listens for service requests at the port indicated in the ``uucp'' ser-
vice specification; see services(5). The server provides login name and
password authentication before starting up uucico for the rest of the
transaction.
Uucico is commonly used either of two ways: as a daemon run periodically
by cron(8) to call out to remote systems, and as a ``shell'' for remote
systems who call in. For calling out periodically, a typical line in
crontab would be:
0 * * * * /usr/lib/uucp/uucico -r1
This will run uucico every hour in master role. For each system that has
transfer requests queued, uucico calls the system, logs in, and executes
the transfers. The file L.sys(5) is consulted for information about how
to log in, while L-devices(5) specifies available lines and modems for
calling.
For remote systems to dial in, an entry in the passwd(5) file must be
created, with a login ``shell'' of uucico. For example:
nuucp:Password:6:1::/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
The UID for UUCP remote logins is not critical, so long as it differs
from the UUCP Administrative login. The latter owns the UUCP files, and
assigning this UID to a remote login would be an extreme security hazard.
FILES
/usr/lib/uucp/ UUCP internal files/utilities
/usr/lib/uucp/L-devices Local device descriptions
/usr/lib/uucp/L-dialcodes Phone numbers and prefixes
/usr/lib/uucp/L.aliases Hostname aliases
/usr/lib/uucp/L.cmds Remote command permissions list
/usr/lib/uucp/L.sys Host connection specifications
/usr/lib/uucp/USERFILE Remote directory tree permissions list
/var/spool/uucp/ Spool directory
/var/spool/uucp/AUDIT/* Debugging audit trails
/var/spool/uucp/C./ Control files directory
/var/spool/uucp/D./ Incoming data file directory
/var/spool/uucp/D.hostname/ Outgoing data file directory
/var/spool/uucp/D.hostnameX/ Outgoing execution file directory
/var/spool/uucp/CORRUPT/ Place for corrupted C. and D. files
/var/spool/uucp/ERRLOG UUCP internal error log
/var/spool/uucp/LOGFILE UUCP system activity log
/var/spool/uucp/LCK/LCK..* Device lock files
/var/spool/uucp/ SYSLOG File transfer statistics log
/var/spool/uucp/STST/* System status files
/var/spool/uucp/TM./ File transfer temp directory
/var/spool/uucp/X./ Incoming execution file directory
/var/spool/uucppublic Public access directory
SEE ALSOuucp(1), uuq(1), uux(1), L-devices(5), L-dialcodes(5), L.aliases(5),
L.cmds(5), L.sys(5), uuclean(8), uupoll(8), uusnap(8), uuxqt(8)
D. A. Nowitz, and M. E. Lesk, A Dial-Up Network of UNIX Systems.
D. A. Nowitz, Uucp Implementation Description.
HISTORY
The uucico command appeared in 4.3BSD.
4.3 Berkeley Distribution June 6, 1993 2