Re: UUCP and PortMasters

Allen J. Newton (anewton@basis.com)
Tue, 5 Sep 1995 11:03:40 -0600 (MDT)

Hi, Steve Davies, in e-mail you wrote:
> Subject: Re: UUCP and PortMasters
>
> On Fri, 1 Sep 1995, Brian 'MegaZone' Bikowicz wrote:
>
> > Set it up like a Host-Device. Of course this requires being on a host
> > with in.pmd support, if you aren't on a supported host... sorry.
>
> For incoming UUCP, simply set the PM up to rlogin to the Unix machine.
> Remember that the PM will need to be listed in /etc/hosts.equiv on the
> Unix side or you will get an extra password: prompt.

I've seen several people saying this. I wonder if it's because you're
using RADIUS? I don't know.

I'm not right now, but plan to, but in any case, here's how I'm handling it
without double passwords:

Just treat the UUCP account as any other user name (I do this in the
password table), set to autologin to the UUCP host. That way, the PM never
asks for the password to begin with (I have ALL the dialup users set this
way, btw -- the only passwords I have the PM handle right now is PPP
accounts).

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