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



NAME
       slattach - attach a network interface to a serial line

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

DESCRIPTION
       Slattach  is  a tiny little program that can be used to put a normal terminal ("serial") line
       into one of several "network" modes, thus allowing you to use it for point-to-point links  to
       other computers.

OPTIONS
       tty    Path  to a serial device like /dev/ttyS*, /dev/cua* or /dev/ptmx to spawn a new pseudo
              tty.

       [-c command]
              Execute command when the line is hung up. This can be used to run scripts or re-estab‐
              lish connections when a link goes down.

       [-d]   Enable debugging output.  Useful when determining why a given setup doesn't work.

       [-h]   Exit when the carrier is lost. This works on both /dev/tty and /dev/cua devices by di‐
              rectly monitoring the carrier status every 15 seconds.

       [-v]   Enable verbose output.  Useful in shell scripts.

       [-q]   Operate in quiet mode - no messages at all.

       [-l]   Create an UUCP-style lockfile for the device in /var/lock.

       [-n]   Equivalent to the "mesg n" command.

       [-m]   Do not initialize the line into 8 bits raw mode.

       [-e]   Exit right after initializing device, instead of waiting for the line to hang up.

       [-L]   Enable 3 wire operation. The terminal is moved into CLOCAL mode, carrier  watching  is
              disabled.

       [-p proto]
              Set a specific kind of protocol to use on the line.  The default is set to cslip, i.e.
              compressed SLIP.  Other possible values are slip  (normal  SLIP),  adaptive  (adaptive
              CSLIP/SLIP), ppp (Point-to-Point Protocol) and kiss (a protocol used for communicating
              with AX.25 packet radio terminal node controllers).  The special argument tty  can  be
              used  to  put  the  device back into normal serial operation.  Using 'ppp' mode is not
              normally useful as ppp requires an additional ppp daemon pppd  to  be  active  on  the
              line. For kiss connections the kissattach program should be used.

       [-s speed]
              Set a specific line speed, other than the default.

       If  no  arguments  are  given, the current terminal line (usually: the login device) is used.
       Otherwise, an attempt is made to claim the indicated terminal port, lock it, and open it.

FILES
       /dev/cua* /var/lock/LCK.* /dev/ttyS* /dev/ptmx

BUGS
       None known.

SEE ALSO
       kissattach(8), dip(8) pppd(8), sliplogin(8).

AUTHORS
       Fred N. van Kempen, <waltje AT uwalt.org>
       Alan Cox, <Alan.Cox AT linux.org>
       Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels AT drinkel.org>
       George Shearer, <gshearer AT one.net>
       Yossi Gottlieb, <yogo AT math.il>



net-tools                                    2011-12-31                                  SLATTACH(8)