mindel@netwrx1.UUCP (Joshua L Mindel) (06/11/90)
I'd like to use UUCP for file transfers between AT&T 3B2s interconnected via TCP/IP. MY QUESTION: Is there any way to specify a password in the uucico command? The AT&T Enhanced TCP/IP WIN 3B Installation/Administration guide provides steps to set-up UUCP over TCP/IP on a 3B2 in a trusted environment. In this context, a trusted environment is one in which password protection is not required. The WIN software utilizes the standard UUCP programs and datafiles, but disregards the chat script in the Systems file. Instead, the userid that uucico uses to login to a remote machine is specified in the uucico command itself (via the -u option). The password requirement on the remote end is bypassed somehow by the WIN software. The end result is that two nodes running UUCP/TCP/IP can establish a communications link via address and userid only; whether or not a password is associated with that userid. A broader question: Is there any means by which to utilize passwords in UUCP/TCP/IP communications? uucico seems the most obvious place to me.