NIO CommKit Host Interface Installation and System Administration Manual

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UUCP Setup

Conﬁguring the UUCP Subsystem

2 Edit the /usr/lib/uucp/Permissions file to set it up, for example:

MACHINE=hostA \

LOGNAME=uucp \

SENDFILES=yes REQUEST=yes CALLBACK=no\

READ=/var/spool/uucppublic \

WRITE=/var/spool/uucppublic \

COMMANDS=rmail:uux:uucp:pr

where:

• MACHINE=hostA allows the local host, A, to call the remote system, B

• LOGNAME=uucp specifies that the user is uucp.

• SENDFILES=yes specifies that the remote host can take a work queue from

the local host.

• REQUEST=yes allows hostA to receive files from hostB

• CALLBACK=no is the default value.

• READ=uucppublic permits the remote system to read from the /var/spool/

uucppublic directory on the local system.

• WRITE=/var/spool/uucppublic permits the remote system to write to the

/var/spool/uucppublic directory on the local system.

• COMMANDS=rmail:uux defines the list of commands that the remote

system can execute on the local system.

3 Verify that the /var/spool/uucppublic directory has the permissions 777 and the

owner uucp.

4 In the /etc/dksrvtab file, add the following entry:

* uucp /b uucp %s uucico

Transferring Files Between Systems

1 To copy a file named foo from the local system (hostA) to the remote system

(hostB), enter the following command on hostA:

# uucp foo hostB!/var/spool/uucppublic

2 To copy a file named foo from the remote system (hostB) to the local system

(hostA), enter the following command on hostA:

# uucp hostB!foo hostA!foo