shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) (10/29/90)
jpr@jpradley.uucp (Jean-Pierre Radley) writes: >BTW, what's the point of 'nuucp' as a public, unpassworded access instead of >just plain 'uucp'? While many systems are delivered with a "uucp" login running the uucico daemon shell, the vendors (and users) who follow this practice overlook the value of having a uucp *administrative* account to handle system configuration and maintenance. That account requires an interactive shell. Our practice - and that of some vendors - is to support a default uucp login with an interactive shell (like /bin/sh), plus a default nuucp account with a uucico daemon shell. As required, I can then proceed to add additional uucico shell accounts. shwake@rsxtech