Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 22:58:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org> To: Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> Cc: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>, FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Setting up UUCP Message-ID: <20010927225805.G71184-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <200109272319.JAA25409@tungsten.austclear.com.au>
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Its mostly about mail and news retrieval, I used to support this a few years ago. Brian "Sonic" Whalen Success = Preparation + Opportunity On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Tony Landells wrote: > Hey Wash! > > I assume you've read the recent discussion on the security problems > of UUCP... > > You also understand that UUCP provides file transfer and remote > execution; it doesn't provide logins and shells? > > Assuming that's what you want, then yes the "login" part of it > involves setting up a user with a shell of /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico. > Of course, they also need all the associated UUCP subsystem setup > (look at the *.sample files in /etc/uucp). > > I still run UUCP for one particular environment, but I have to say > that for almost every application today, it is NOT the answer (and > I'm actually in the process of retiring it). > > Cheers > > Tony > -- > Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> > Senior Network Engineer Ph: +61 3 9677 9319 > Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd Fax: +61 3 9677 9355 > Level 4, Rialto North Tower > 525 Collins Street > Melbourne VIC 3000 > Australia > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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