Configure UUCP

Installation

Debian

aptitude install uucp openbsd-inetd

Archlinux

pacman -S uucp
mkdir /var/spool/uucp
mkdir /var/spool/uucppublic
/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/spool/uucp -g uucp -M -N -r -u 10 uucp
chown uucp:uucp /var/spool/uucp /var/spool/uucppublic

Configuration

/etc/uucp/config

Configure the hostname to use in the uucp-network, the location of the other configuration files, the location of the uucp spool directory, the public spool directory and the behaviour for guest logins.

nodename unique_hostname_in_i2p

# Default configuration file locations
sysfile /etc/uucp/sys
portfile /etc/uucp/port
dialfile /etc/uucp/dial
callfile /etc/uucp/call
passwdfile /etc/uucp/passwd
lockdir /var/spool/uucp/lock

# spool directory and public file directory
spool /var/spool/uucp
pubdir /var/spool/uucppublic

# don't allow guest systems to upload files
unknown receive-request no

# Allow guest systems to fetch files from the public file directory only
unknown pubdir /var/spool/uucppublic
unknown remote-send ~

/etc/uucp/sys

Define remote systems we want to communicate with.

### Default configuration parameters for all systems
# use parameters from the call(for outgoing connections) or passwd(for incoming connections) file
call-login *
call-password *

# give remote end some time to login
chat-timeout 120

# allow a connection from some peer every 100s
success-wait 100

# allowed commands(mail and news for now)
commands rmail rnews

## List of systems to call
# Call system 'gandalf' at any time we have something for them
# Use localhost:12500 as address:port(replace port with whatever port you configured in I2PTunnel!)
system gandalf
time any
address localhost
port type tcp
port service 12500

## List of systems that can call us
# Never call system 'bar', but define it anyway to allow incoming connections
system bar
time never

/etc/uucp/call

Define usernames and passwords to use for outgoing connections to specific hosts.

# Remote system    Remote user    Remote password
gandalf            some_user      some_password

/etc/uucp/dial

Define a protocol for logging in and stuff.. usually not needed.

# empty!

/etc/uucp/Poll

When to poll other systems for incoming files.

# schedule a call..
schedule gandalf 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23
# if the first try fails, we try a second time(schedule 1 => try in 1 and in 2 if the first try fails)
poll     gandalf 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Setup incoming connections

uucp

/etc/uucp/port

Configure the port to use for incoming connections.

# define the 'TCP' port
port TCP
type tcp

/etc/uucp/passwd

Define usernames and passwords to accept for incoming connections to this host.

# Username<TAB>Password
bar            nf2j34234n341A123BD3g

inetd

uucp            stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/uucico -l -x 4

I2PTunnel

Create a new server-tunnel and point it to localhost:540. Publish your destination in the form unique_hostname_in_i2p.uucp.i2p over here. Subscribe to this link ​http://trac.i2p2.i2p/wiki/howto/uucp/hosts?format=txt to get all new sites.

Setup outgoing connetions

I2PTunnel

Create a new client-tunnel with the destination of the remote system and bind it to some local port(but remember.. it has to be the same port as configured in the sys-file)

Testing

su - uucp
uucico -I /etc/uucp/config -f --debug 7 -s remote_system_name