On 1/5/06, John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org> wrote:
Ron Johnson writes:
> Didn't [UUCP] get retired along with 9600bps modems?
UUCP over TCP/IP works fine and is useful for many purposes.
toncho/~ 1 apt-cache search uucp
cu - call up another system
grunt - Secure remote execution via UUCP or e-mail using GPG
grunt-uucp - Handler for incoming UUCP requests
modemu - Telnet services for communication programs
rmail - MTA->UUCP remote mail handler
tua - The UUCP Analyzer
uucp - Unix to Unix Copy Program
uucpsend - Alternative Frontend for UUCP Batching with INN
uutraf - an UUCP traffic analyzer and cost estimator
toncho/~ 1 apt-cache show grunt
Package: grunt
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.5.0-4
Depends: python (>= 2.3), python-gnupginterface
Suggests: uucp, procmail | mailfilter
Filename: pool/main/g/grunt/grunt_0.5.0-4_all.deb
Size: 8784
MD5sum: a7383a25df3d75ec7f1eb065651c8323
Description: Secure remote execution via UUCP or e-mail using GPG
GRUNT is a tool to let you execute commands remotely, offline.
It will also let you copy files to a remote machine.
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To do that, it will use GPG to digitally sign data that you send
to your account on a remote machine. If the signature is valid
and authorized, the remote will carry out the requested action or
save the included file. Thus, it is similar to ssh, but for offline
use.
.
Commands run remotely can have their stdin supplied, and when executed,
the stdin will be sent to them -- just like uucp can.
Tag: interface::commandline, made-of::lang:python, role::sw:utility, security::authentication, works-with::mail
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John Hasler
Thanks everyone! John Hasler's suggestions about UUCP and Grunt seem to be exactly what I need; I will check them out. I have a fully operational mail system running exim4 with fetchmail installed, and I can install procmail or other MDA for filtering if I need to. I'll report back with my experiences.