To enable BNU to poll remote systems for jobs, list the
systems in the /etc/uucp/Poll file.
Prerequisites
- Complete the steps that are listed in Configuring BNU.
- You must have root authority to edit the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp file
and the /etc/uucp/Poll file.
In addition to listing the systems in the /etc/uucp/Poll file,
run the uudemon.hour and uudemon.poll commands
periodically.
To set up BNU polling of remote systems, complete
the following steps:
- Decide which remote systems to automatically poll. Decide
how often you want to poll each system. Specify the times for each
system with the Poll file, which can be as seldom
as once a day or as often as you want.
- Log in as a user with root authority.
- Using an ASCII text editor or the uucpadm command,
edit the Poll file. Add an entry for each system
that your system is set up to poll.
Note: The systems that
are listed in the Poll file must also be listed
in the /etc/uucp/Systems file.
- Using an ASCII text editor, edit the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp file.
Remove the comment characters (#) from the lines that run the uudemon.hour and uudemon.poll commands.
You can change the times that these commands are run. However,
be sure to schedule the uudemon.poll command approximately
5 minutes before you schedule the uudemon.hour command.
BNU is now set up to automatically poll the systems that
are listed in the Poll file at the times you
specified.