SLATTACH
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BSD 4.3
NAME
slattach
- attach serial lines as network interfaces
SYOPNSIS
Slattach
ttyname [baudrate
]
DESCRIPTION
Slattach
is used to assign a tty line to a network interface,
and to define the network source and destination addresses.
The following operands are supported by
slattach
- ttyname
-
Specifies the name of the tty device.
Ttyname
should be a string of the form
`ttyXX'
,
or
`/dev/ttyXX'
- baudrate
-
Specifies the speed of the connection. If not specified, the
default of 9600 is used.
Only the super-user may attach a network interface.
To detach the interface, use
``ifconfig interface-name down
''
after killing off the
slattach
process.
Interface-name
is the name that is shown by
netstat(1)
EXAMPLES
slattach ttyh8
slattach /dev/tty01 4800
DIAGNOSTICS
Messages indicating the specified interface does not exit, the
requested address is unknown, the user is not privileged and
tried to alter an interface's configuration.
SEE ALSO
netstat(1),
netintro(4),
ifconfig(8),
rc(8)
HISTORY
The
command appeared in
BSD 4.3
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