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diff --git a/sbin/slattach/slattach.8 b/sbin/slattach/slattach.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..217c4817b8f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/sbin/slattach/slattach.8 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)slattach.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/1/94 +.\" +.Dd April 1, 1994 +.Dt SLATTACH 8 +.Os BSD 4.3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm slattach +.Nd attach serial lines as network interfaces +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm Slattach +.Ar ttyname Op Ar baudrate +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm 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 +.Nm slattach : +.Bl -tag -width Ar +.It Ar ttyname +Specifies the name of the tty device. +.Ar Ttyname +should be a string of the form +.Ql ttyXX , +or +.Ql /dev/ttyXX . +.It Ar baudrate +Specifies the speed of the connection. If not specified, the +default of 9600 is used. +.El +.Pp +Only the super-user may attach a network interface. +.Pp +To detach the interface, use +.Dq Li ifconfig interface-name down +after killing off the +.Nm slattach +process. +.Ar Interface-name +is the name that is shown by +.Xr netstat 1 +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact +slattach ttyh8 +slattach /dev/tty01 4800 +.Ed +.Sh 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. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr netstat 1 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr rc 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . |