Networking support files
There are three types of BNU support files:
Database files-
BNU database files are located in /etc/uucp.
They are responsible for much of the actual networking
activity associated with the
BNU software.
In general, they determine which
computers your computer will communicate with, the
devices over which the communication will take place,
and the protocols for communicating with remote computers.
The following list describes each of the
database support
files and its function briefly:
Config-
Contains a list of global run-time parameters within BNU.
The administrator can set these parameters to configure the network manually.
For more information see
Config(4bnu).
Devconfig-
This file contains information about STREAMS modules
used to configure network connections
on TCP/IP or some other network provider.
For more information see
Devconfig(4bnu).
Devices-
Contains information about the devices that may be used
to establish a link to a remote computer using BNU.
For more information see
Devices(4bnu).
Dialcodes-
Contains dial-code abbreviations that may be used in the ``phone''
field of the Systems and Dialers files.
For more information see
Dialcodes(4bnu).
Dialers-
Contains information about the initial conversation
that must take place on a line.
For more information see
Dialers(4bnu).
Grades-
Contains information about job grades,
and the permissions associated with each job grade,
that users may specify to queue jobs to a
remote computer.
For more information see
Grades(4bnu).
Limits-
Contains information about the maximum number
of simultaneous uucicos,
uuxqts, and uuscheds permitted on a machine.
For more information see
Limits(4bnu).
Permissions-
Contains information about the different levels of access granted
to remote computers when they attempt to transfer files or
execute remote commands on the local computer.
For more information see
Permissions(4bnu).
Poll-
Contains information about computers
that are to be polled by the local system
and when they are polled.
For more information see
Poll(4bnu).
Sysfiles-
Assigns different or multiple files to be used
as Systems, Devices, and Dialers files
by various services (such as uucico and cu).
For more information see
Sysfiles(4bnu).
Systems-
Contains information needed by the uucico
daemon and the cu program to establish a link to a remote
system such as the name of the remote system, the name of the
connecting device associated with the remote system, when
the system can be reached, a telephone number or network address,
login ID, and password.
The Systems file is also used by the client machine to verify that
the client
is allowed to connect to the server and by the server machine to verify that the server
may accept calls from the client.
For more information see
Systems(4bnu).
Administrative files-
BNU administrative files are created in spool directories by network processes
to hold temporary data or
store information about remote transfers and command executions.
They are described in detail in
``Administrative support files''.
Log files-
BNU log files keep track of overall statistics
for the computer network, particularly in the areas of security
and accounting.
The structure of each of the BNU log files
is described in
``Log files''.
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