NAME

       uucpd, in.uucpd - run uucico from inetd

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/in.uucpd

DESCRIPTION

       Uucpd  is  a program run from inetd when inetd detects a connect on the uucp port (usually 540 ). It uses
       pam to authenticate users. If access by pam would be granted, and the first six letters of  the  basename
       of  the  shell  match  the  word  uucico  then  an utmp and wtmp entry are written and the users shell is
       invoked.  The uucpd process stays around until uucico exits, then updates the utmp and  wtmp  files  once
       more.

OPTIONS

       None.

NOTES

       Uucico  also  has  the  possibility to check for loginname/password itself directly, instead of needing a
       frontend uucpd. However that does not work if the system has  shadow  passwords,  or  any  other  way  of
       authentication which requires root privileges. Also, no utmp/wtmp records are written.

       If  you want to define UUCP accounts outside the password file (eg through /etc/uucp/passwd ) you need to
       call uucico -l from /etc/inetd.conf instead of in.uucpd

AUTHOR

       Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)

SEE ALSO

       inetd(8), inetd.conf(5), uucico(8)

                                                  Apr 20, 1999                                          UUCPD(8)