[comp.unix.sysv386] problem with inbound anonymous uucp sessions

heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com (10/03/90)

I'm having trouble setting up anonymous uucp connections to my 
Esis system.  The symptoms are as follows:  The remote system
connects, enters the username 'uucp', and gets immediately 
disconnected.  One time the remote system got the message 
"system does not know me" or something along those lines.  

I currently have no password on the nuucp account.  When there was a
password, no systems were able to get in.  Now there is one system that
can, but others can't.  This doesnt' seem to make any sense...

What else can I check to find out why the connections are being
dropped?

Thanks in advance!


Excerpt from Permissions file:

# cd /usr/lib/uucp
# more Permissions
#ident  "@(#)uucp:Permissions   1.4"
# This entry for public login.
# It provides the default permissions.
#LOGNAME=nuucp \
#MACHINE=OTHER \
#READ=/usr/spool/uucppublic \
#WRITE=/usr/spool/uucppublic \
#SENDFILES=call REQUEST=no \
#COMMANDS=/bin/rmail

LOGNAME=nuucp \
MACHINE=OTHER \
READ=/usr/spool/uucppublic:/sources \
WRITE=/usr/spool/uucppublic \
SENDFILES=call REQUEST=yes \
COMMANDS=/bin/rmail:rmail


Other stuff:


# grep uucp /etc/passwd
uucp:x:5:5:0000-uucp(0000):/usr/lib/uucp:
nuucp:x:10:10:0000-uucp(0000):/usr/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
# 

# ls -l /usr/lib/uucp/uucico
---s--x--x   1 uucp     daemon     93834 Jun  7 00:01 /usr/lib/uucp/uucico
# 


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davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (10/04/90)

In article <2658@sud509.ed.ray.com> heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com writes:

| I currently have no password on the nuucp account.  When there was a
| password, no systems were able to get in.  Now there is one system that
| can, but others can't.  This doesnt' seem to make any sense...

| # grep uucp /etc/passwd
| uucp:x:5:5:0000-uucp(0000):/usr/lib/uucp:
| nuucp:x:10:10:0000-uucp(0000):/usr/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
| # 
| 
| # ls -l /usr/lib/uucp/uucico
| ---s--x--x   1 uucp     daemon     93834 Jun  7 00:01 /usr/lib/uucp/uucico
| # 

  Looks to me as though nuucp is "no login" now. That's what the :x: (or
any other one character) does. If you change that to :: you will have a
start at it.
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    VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win you can use unix.

bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) (10/04/90)

-----
  Looks to me as though nuucp is "no login" now. That's what the :x: (or
any other one character) does. If you change that to :: you will have a
start at it.
-----


Esix uses a shadow password file, so all entries in passwd have an 'x'
for the password field.  Thanks for the feedback anyway.

bill

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karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu (10/04/90)

"chmod -x /usr/lib/uucp/remote.unknown" and your problem will go away.

It's even documented somewhere in the mass of manuals you've probably
got.

--karl