slattach(1M)

NAME
slattach, sldetach - assigns and removes serial lines as a SLIP interface

SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/slattach [-i] node_name interface_name
/usr/sbin/slattach -d [-i] device_name interface_name [ baudrate ]
/usr/sbin/slattach - interface_name [ process_id ]
/usr/sbin/sldetach interface_name

DESCRIPTION

Slattach is used to assign a serial line as a network interface using the SLIP (Serial Link Internet Protocol) driver.

When invoked with node_name and interface_name, slattach uses BNU (Basic Networking Utilities) to establish an outgoing serial line connection. Refer to the Advanced System Administration Guide for complete information on set up and administration of BNU.

The -i option causes slattach to ignore SIGHUP. By default slattach exits gracefully whenever a SIGHUP is caught and processed by the slhangupd daemon.

The -d option causes slattach to directly open the specified device_name without the use of BNU. In this case the baudrate parameter is used to set the speed of the connection. The default baudrate is 9600.

The - option causes stdin to be used as the device to be attached to the SLIP driver. This option is used to convert a remote login line to a SLIP connection. In this case, SIGHUP can not be ignored. The optional argument process_id, if specified, causes slattach to send a SIGHUP to the specified process ID when it receives the SIGHUP signal.

Sldetach is used to decommission a serial line that was used for a SLIP connection.

EXAMPLES
slattach venus sl0
slattach -d -i /dev/tty00 sl0 19200
sldetach sl0

SEE ALSO
slhangupd(1M), slip(1), asy(7), ip(7), slip(7)
Advanced System Administration Guide.

AUTHOR
Sudji Husodo