SLATTACH(8) System Manager's Manual SLATTACH(8)
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 ttyname
parameter is a string of the form ``ttyXX'', or ``/dev/ttyXX''. The optional baudrate parameter is used to set the speed of the connec-
tion. 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
rc(8), intro(4), netstat(1), ifconfig(8)
4.3 Berkeley Distribution November 17, 1996 SLATTACH(8)
