slattach(8)

1SLATTACH(8)           Linux System Administrator's Manual          SLATTACH(8)
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NAME

6       slattach - attach a network interface to a serial line
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SYNOPSIS

9       slattach [-dehlLmnqv] [-c command] [-p proto] [-s speed] [tty]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Slattach is a tiny little program that can be used to put a normal ter‐
13       minal ("serial") line into one of several "network" modes, thus  allow‐
14       ing you to use it for point-to-point links to other computers.
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OPTIONS

17       tty    Path  to a serial device like /dev/ttyS*, /dev/cua* or /dev/ptmx
18              to spawn a new pseudo tty.
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20       [-c command]
21              Execute command when the line is hung up. This can  be  used  to
22              run scripts or re-establish connections when a link goes down.
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24       [-d]   Enable  debugging  output.   Useful when determining why a given
25              setup doesn't work.
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27       [-h]   Exit when the carrier is lost. This works on both  /dev/tty  and
28              /dev/cua devices by directly monitoring the carrier status every
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31       [-v]   Enable verbose output.  Useful in shell scripts.
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35       [-l]   Create an UUCP-style lockfile for the device in /var/lock.
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37       [-n]   Equivalent to the "mesg n" command.
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39       [-m]   Do not initialize the line into 8 bits raw mode.
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41       [-e]   Exit right after initializing device, instead of waiting for the
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44       [-L]   Enable 3 wire operation. The terminal is moved into CLOCAL mode,
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47       [-p proto]
48              Set a specific kind of protocol to use on the line.  The default
49              is  set  to  cslip, i.e. compressed SLIP.  Other possible values
50              are slip (normal  SLIP),  adaptive  (adaptive  CSLIP/SLIP),  ppp
51              (Point-to-Point Protocol) and kiss (a protocol used for communi‐
52              cating with AX.25 packet radio terminal node controllers).   The
53              special  argument  tty  can  be used to put the device back into
54              normal serial operation.  Using 'ppp' mode is not normally  use‐
55              ful  as  ppp requires an additional ppp daemon pppd to be active
56              on the line. For kiss connections the axattach program should be
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59       [-s speed]
60              Set a specific line speed, other than the default.
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62       If  no  arguments  are  given,  the current terminal line (usually: the
63       login device) is used.  Otherwise, an attempt  is  made  to  claim  the
64       indicated terminal port, lock it, and open it.
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FILES

67       /dev/cua* /var/lock/LCK.* /dev/ttyS* /dev/ptmx
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BUGS

70       None known.
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AUTHORS

76       Fred N. van Kempen, <waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org>
77       Alan Cox, <Alan.Cox@linux.org>
78       Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@drinkel.ow.org>
79       George Shearer, <gshearer@one.net>
80       Yossi Gottlieb, <yogo@math.tau.ac.il>
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