You find here my version of uucp packages for redhat and debian with a small patch that eases uucp over ssh. There are no promises or warranties for anything, especially not for usability or recent versions. Here is a short description on how to use uucp over ssh. You need: - ssh (of cource) - uucp (optional: this uucp, which has patches applied to make things easier) define a port like this in your ports files: port ssh type pipe command /usr/bin/ssh -a -e none -l uucp -x -o batchmode=yes -o stricthostkeychecking=no \H define a system in your sys file: system address port ssh called-system This works as follows: The calling uucico establishes a connection by executing the ssh command. Now here comes the trick: Via the remote ~uucp/.ssh/authorized_keys two things are established. First, by using RSA authentication, no password for ssh acces is required, second, uucico is forced as the login shell on the remote side with appropriate paramters to provide its own login prompt. Your authorized_keys may look as follows: command="/usr/sbin/uucico -l -D",no-port-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding So the two uucico's are talking directly to each other, with ssh providing a secure communication. Have fun, Joerg