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.TH UUCPD 8 "Apr 20, 1999" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
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uucpd, in.uucpd \- run uucico from inetd
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when inetd detects a connect on the uucp port (usually
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). It uses pam to authenticate users. If access by pam would be granted,
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and the first six letters of the basename of the shell
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then an utmp and wtmp entry are written and the users shell is invoked.
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The uucpd process stays around until
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exits, then updates the utmp and wtmp files once more.
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Uucico also has the possibility to check for loginname/password itself
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directly, instead of needing a frontend uucpd. However that does not
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work if the system has shadow passwords, or any other way of authentication
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which requires root priviliges. Also, no utmp/wtmp records are written.
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If you want to define UUCP accounts outside the password file (eg
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