in.uucpd, uucpd UUCP Server

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/in.uucpd [-n]

Description

The in.uucpd daemon is the server that supports UUCP connections over networks.

in.uucpd is invoked by inetd(1M) when a UUCP connection is established (that is, a connection to the port indicated in the uucp service specification) and executes the following protocol (see services(4)).

  1. The server prompts with login:. The uucico(1M) process at the other end must supply a user name.

  2. Unless the user name refers to an account without a password, the server then prompts with Password:. The uucico process at the other end must supply the password for that account.

If the user ...

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