uucp/uucico/uucico.8

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.Dd
.Dt UUCICO 8
.Os BSD 4.3
.Sh NAME
.Nm uucico ,
.Nm uucpd
.Nd transfer files queued by uucp or uux
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm uucico
.Op Fl L
.Op Fl R
.Op Fl d Ns Ar spooldir
.Op Fl g Ns Ar grade
.Op Fl r Ns Ar role
.Op Fl s Ns Ar system
.Op Fl x Ns Ar debug
.Op Fl t Ns Ar turnaround
.Nm uucpd
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Uucico
performs the actual work involved in transferring files between
systems.
.Xr Uucp 1
and
.Xr uux 1
merely queue requests for data transfer which
.Nm uucico
processes.
.Pp
The following options are available.
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl L
Only call
.Dq local
sites. A site is considered local if the device-type field in
.Xr L.sys 5
is one of
.Tn LOCAL , DIR
or
.Tn TCP .
.It Fl R
Reverse roles.  When used with the
.Fl r Ns Ar 1
option, this tells the remote system to begin sending its
jobs first, instead of waiting for the local machine to finish.
.It Fl d Ns Ar spooldir
Use
.Ar spooldir
as the spool directory. The default is
.Pa /var/spool/uucp.
.It Fl g Ns Ar grade
Only send jobs of grade
.Ar grade
or higher this transfer.
The grade of a job is specified when the job is queued by
.Xr uucp 1
or
.Xr uux 1 .
.It Fl r Ns Ar role
.Ar role
is either 1 or 0; it indicates whether
.Nm uucico
is to start up in
master or slave role, respectively. 1 is used when running
.Nm uucico
by hand or from
.Xr cron 8 .
0 is used when another system calls the local system.
Slave role is the default.
.It Fl s Ns Ar system
Call only system
.Ar system .
If
.Fl s
is not specified, and
.Fl r Ns Ar 1
is specified,
.Nm uucico
will attempt to call all systems for which there is work.
If
.Fl s
is specified, a call will be made even if there is
no work for that system. This is useful for polling.
.It Fl t Ns Ar turnaround
Use
.Ar turnaround
as the line turnaround time (in minutes) instead of the default 30.  If
.Ar turnaround
is missing or 0, line turnaround will be disabled.
After
.Nm uucico
has been running in slave role for
.Ar turnaround
minutes, it will attempt to run in master role by negotiating with the
remote machine.
In earlier versions of
.Nm 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
bidirectional in the short term.
This option only works with newer
.Nm uucico Ns 's
and is ignored by older ones.
.It Fl x Ns Ar debug
Turn on debugging at level
.Ar 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
.Ar role
is 1 (master), output is written to the standard error
.Em stderr .
If
.Em stderr
is unavailable, output is written to
.Pa /var/spool/uucp/AUDIT/ Ns Ar system .
When
.Ar role
is 0 (slave), debugging output is always written to the
AUDIT
file.
.El
.Pp
If
.Nm uucico
receives a
.Dv SIGFPE
(see
.Xr kill 1 ) ,
it will toggle the debugging on or off.
.Pp
.Nm Uucpd
is the server for supporting uucp connections over networks.
.Nm Uucpd
listens for service requests at the port indicated in the ``uucp''
service specification; see
.Xr services 5 .
The server provides login name and password authentication before starting up
.Nm uucico
for the rest of the transaction.
.Pp
.Nm Uucico
is commonly used either of two ways: as a daemon run periodically by
.Xr 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
.Xr crontab
would be:
.Bd -literal
0    *    *    *    *    /usr/lib/uucp/uucico -r1
.Ed
.Pp
This will run
.Nm uucico
every hour in master role.
For each system that has transfer requests queued,
.Nm uucico
calls the system, logs in, and executes the transfers. The file
.Xr L.sys 5
is consulted for information about how to log in, while
.Xr L-devices 5
specifies available lines and modems for calling.
.Pp
For remote systems to dial in, an entry in the
.Xr passwd 5
file must be created, with a login ``shell'' of
.Nm uucico .
For example:
.Bd -literal
nuucp:Password:6:1::/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
.Ed
.Pp
The
.Tn UID
for
.Tn UUCP
remote logins is not critical, so long as it differs from
the
.Tn UUCP
Administrative login.
The latter owns the
.Tn UUCP
files, and assigning
this
.Tn UID
to a remote login would be an extreme security hazard.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/spool/uucp/D.hostnameX/ -compact
.It Pa /usr/lib/uucp/
.Tn UUCP
internal files/utilities
.It Pa /usr/lib/uucp/L-devices
Local device descriptions
.It Pa /usr/lib/uucp/L-dialcodes
Phone numbers and prefixes
.It Pa /usr/lib/uucp/L.aliases
Hostname aliases
.It Pa /usr/lib/uucp/L.cmds
Remote command permissions list
.It Pa /usr/lib/uucp/L.sys
Host connection specifications
.It Pa /usr/lib/uucp/USERFILE
Remote directory tree permissions list
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/
Spool directory
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/AUDIT/*
Debugging audit trails
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/C./
Control files directory
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/D./
Incoming data file directory
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/D.hostname/
Outgoing data file directory
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/D.hostnameX/
Outgoing execution file directory
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/CORRUPT/
Place for corrupted C. and D. files
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/ERRLOG
.Tn UUCP
internal error log
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/LOGFILE
.Tn UUCP
system activity log
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/LCK/LCK..*
Device lock files
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/
.Tn SYSLOG
File transfer statistics log
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/STST/*
System status files
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/TM./
File transfer temp directory
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/X./
Incoming execution file directory
.It Pa /var/spool/uucppublic
Public access directory
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr uucp 1 ,
.Xr uuq 1 ,
.Xr uux 1 ,
.Xr L-devices 5 ,
.Xr L-dialcodes 5 ,
.Xr L.aliases 5 ,
.Xr L.cmds 5 ,
.Xr L.sys 5 ,
.Xr uuclean 8 ,
.Xr uupoll 8 ,
.Xr uusnap 8 ,
.Xr uuxqt 8
.Rs
.%A D. A. Nowitz
.%A M. E. Lesk
.%T "A Dial-Up Network of UNIX Systems"
.Re
.Rs
.%A D. A. Nowitz
.%T "Uucp Implementation Description"
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .