uucico - UUCP file transfer daemon

       Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>

                                                Taylor UUCP 1.07                                       uucico(8)

       The  uucico  daemon  processes file transfer requests queued by uucp (1) and uux (1).  It is started when
       uucp or uux is run (unless they are given the -r option).  It  is  also  typically  started  periodically
       using entries in the crontab table(s).

       When  invoked  with  -r1,--master,-s,--system, or -S, the daemon will place a call to a remote system,
       running in master mode.  Otherwise the daemon will start in slave mode, accepting a call  from  a  remote
       system.  Typically a special login name will be set up for UUCP which automatically invokes uucico when a
       call is made.

       When  uucico  terminates,  it  invokes  the uuxqt (8) daemon, unless the -q or --nouuxqt option is given;
       uuxqt (8) executes any work orders created by uux (1) on a remote system, and  any  work  orders  created
       locally which have received remote files for which they were waiting.

       If  a  call fails, uucico will normally refuse to retry the call until a certain (configurable) amount of
       time has passed.  This may be overridden by the -f,--force, or -S option.

       The -l,--prompt,-e, or --loop options may be used to force uucico to produce its own prompts of "login:
       " and "Password:".  When another daemon calls in, it will see these prompts and log  in  as  usual.   The
       login name and password will normally be checked against a separate list kept specially for uucico rather
       than  the  /etc/passwd file; it is possible on some systems to direct uucico to use the /etc/passwd file.
       The -l or --prompt option will prompt once and then exit; in this mode  the  UUCP  administrator  or  the
       superuser  may  use  the -u or --login option to force a login name, in which case uucico will not prompt
       for one.  The -e or --loop option will prompt again after the first session is over; in this mode  uucico
       will permanently control a port.

       If  uucico  receives a SIGQUIT, SIGTERM or SIGPIPE signal, it will cleanly abort any current conversation
       with a remote system and exit.  If it receives a SIGHUP signal it will abort  any  current  conversation,
       but  will  continue to place calls to (if invoked with -r1 or --master) and accept calls from (if invoked
       with -e or --loop)  other  systems.   If  it  receives  a  SIGINT  signal  it  will  finish  the  current
       conversation, but will not place or accept any more calls.

       uucico - UUCP file transfer daemon

       The following options may be given to uucico.-r1,--master
            Start  in  master  mode  (call  out  to  a system); implied by -s,--system, or -S.  If no system is
            specified, call any system for which work is waiting to be done.

       -r0,--slave
            Start in slave mode.  This is the default.

       -ssystem,--systemsystem
            Call the named system.

       -Ssystem
            Call the named system, ignoring any required wait.  This is equivalent to -ssystem-f.-f,--force
            Ignore any required wait for any systems to be called.

       -l,--prompt
            Prompt for login name and password using "login: " and "Password:".  This allows uucico to be easily
            run from inetd (8).  The login name and password are checked against the UUCP password  file,  which
            probably has no connection to the file /etc/passwd.  The --login option may be used to force a login
            name, in which cause uucico will only prompt for a password.

       -pport,--portport
            Specify a port to call out on or to listen to.

       -e,--loop
            Enter  endless loop of login/password prompts and slave mode daemon execution.  The program will not
            stop by itself; you must use kill (1) to shut it down.

       -w,--wait
            After calling out (to a particular system when -s,--system, or -S is specified, or to  all  systems
            which have work when just -r1 or --master is specified), begin an endless loop as with --loop.-q,--nouuxqt
            Do not start the uuxqt (8) daemon when finished.

       -c,--quiet
            If  no  calls  are  permitted  at  this time, then don't make the call, but also do not put an error
            message in the log file and do not update the system status (as reported by uustat (1)).   This  can
            be  convenient  for automated polling scripts, which may want to simply attempt to call every system
            rather than worry about which particular systems may be called at  the  moment.   This  option  also
            suppresses the log message indicating that there is no work to be done.

       -C,--ifwork
            Only call the system named by -s,--system or -S if there is work for that system.

       -D,--nodetach
            Do not detach from the controlling terminal.  Normally uucico detaches from the terminal before each
            call out to another system and before invoking uuxqt.  This option prevents this.

       -uname,--loginname
            Set the login name to use instead of that of the invoking user.  This option may only be used by the
            UUCP  administrator  or the superuser.  If used with --prompt, this will cause uucico to prompt only
            for the password, not the login name.

       -z,--try-next
            If a call fails after the remote system is reached,  try  the  next  alternate  rather  than  simply
            exiting.

       -itype,--stdintype
            Set  the type of port to use when using standard input.  The only support port type is TLI, and this
            is only available on machines which support the TLI networking interface.  Specifying  -iTLI  causes
            uucico to use TLI calls to perform I/O.

       -xtype,-Xtype,--debugtype
            Turn  on particular debugging types.  The following types are recognized: abnormal, chat, handshake,
            uucp-proto, proto, port, config, spooldir, execute, incoming, outgoing.

            Multiple types may be given, separated by commas, and the --debug option may appear multiple  times.
            A number may also be given, which will turn on that many types from the foregoing list; for example,
            --debug2 is equivalent to --debugabnormal,chat.

            The debugging output is sent to the debugging file, which may be printed using uulog-D.-Ifile,--configfile
            Set  configuration  file  to  use.   This option may not be available, depending upon how uucico was
            compiled.

       -v,--version
            Report version information and exit.

       --help
            Print a help message and exit.

kill(1), uucp(1), uux(1), uustat(1), uuxqt(8)

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