freebsd-dev/sbin/startslip/startslip.1

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.\"     @(#)startslip.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.Dd June 5, 1993
.Dt STARTSLIP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm startslip
.Nd dial up and login to a slip server
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl b Ar speed
.Oo
.Fl s Ar string1
.Op Fl s Ar string2 Op Ar ...\&
.Oc
.Op Fl h
.Op Fl l
.Op Fl L
.Op Fl A Ar annexname
.Op Fl U Ar upscript
.Op Fl D Ar downscript
.Op Fl t Ar script_timeout
.Op Fl W Ar maxtries
.Op Fl w Ar retry_pause
.Op Fl K Ar keepalive
.Op Fl O Ar outfill
.Op Fl S Ar unit
.Ar device user password
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility opens the specified
.Ar device .
Once carrier is asserted (if modem control is enabled)
.Nm
attempts to login as the specified
.Ar user
with the given
.Ar password .
Standard login: & Password: scheme assumed unless Annex option
specified (see
.Fl A ) .
If successful, it puts the device into the slip line discipline,
calls
.Ar upscript
and goes to wait mode.
If carrier drops (modem control enabled) or a
.Dv SIGHUP
is sent to
.Nm ,
it closes the device, calls
.Ar downscript
and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence.
If a
.Dv SIGTERM
is send to
.Nm ,
it closes the device, calls
.Ar downscript
and exits.
When
.Nm
called twice on the same device, previous copy killed by a
.Dv SIGTERM
before any operation.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl d
Print out debugging information.
.It Fl b Ar speed
Determine the baud rate used for
.Ar device ,
default value is 9600.
.It Fl t Ar script_timeout
Set login script timeout in seconds, default value is 90.
.It Fl w Ar retry_pause
Set connecting retry pause in seconds (increased from one retry to another),
default value is 60.
.It Fl W Ar maxtries
Set maximum number of connection retries for one session,
default value is 6.
Value 0 means infinite count.
.It Fl s Ar stringN
The optional
.Ar stringN
is written to
.Ar device .
Return character is added automatically.
For a dialup modem,
the string is used to specify a dial sequence.
No string written by default.
You can specify several
.Fl s Ar stringN
arguments to use with each try, f.e.
several host phone numbers.
.It Fl A Ar annexname
The
.Nm
utility assumes it is connecting to a Xylogics Annex box and engages in an
appropriate dialog using the
.Ar user
and
.Ar password
arguments.
The
.Ar annexname
argument is a string that is used to match against the Annex prompt
to determine when a connection has been established.
.It Fl h
Use hardware (CTS/RTS) flow control for
.Ar device .
Default value is no flow control.
.It Fl l
Disable modem control (waiting for carrier and carrier drop sense) for
.Ar device .
Modem control is enabled by default.
.It Fl U Ar upscript
Specify a script to run when a SLIP interface becomes connected.
This may
contain
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr route 8 ,
and other appropriate commands.
The arguments that
are passed to the script are "slX up".
Default value is
.Pa /sbin/ifconfig .
Dial sequence number (see
.Fl s )
passed via
.Ev LINE
environment variable.
.It Fl D Ar downscript
Specify a script to run when a SLIP connection goes away.
The arguments that
are passed to the script are "slX down".
Default value is
.Pa /sbin/ifconfig .
Dial sequence number (see
.Fl s )
passed via
.Ev LINE
environment variable.
.It Fl K Ar keepalive
Set SLIP "keep alive" timeout in seconds.
If FRAME_END not received during this
time period, a reconnect will occur.
Active "out fill" timeout expected from other
side.
Default value is no timeout.
.It Fl O Ar outfill
Set SLIP "out fill" timeout in seconds.
It causes at least one FRAME_END
to be sent during this timeout.
Needed for "keep alive" timeout on other side.
Default value is no timeout.
.It Fl S Ar unit
Set SLIP unit number directly.
Use with caution, no check for two
interfaces with same number made.
Default is dynamic assignment.
.It Fl L
Use uucp-style device locking.
You need it unless you start
.Nm
from external program which already does uucp locking.
Default case is no uucp locking to satisfy such programs.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/run/startslip.<device>.pid -compact
.It Pa /var/run/startslip.<device>.pid
pid stored here
.It Pa /usr/share/examples/startslip/*
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr uustat 1 ,
.Xr slattach 8 ,
.Xr sliplogin 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .