Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:19:32 +1000 From: Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Setting up UUCP Message-ID: <200109272319.JAA25409@tungsten.austclear.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> of "Thu, 27 Sep 2001 12:26:15 %2B0300." <20010927122615.A15185@ns2.wananchi.com>
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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
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