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.\"     @(#)startslip.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.Dd June 5, 1993
.Dt STARTSLIP 1
.Os BSD 4.4
.Sh NAME
.Nm startslip
.Nd dial up and login to a slip server
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm startslip
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl b Ar speed
[
.Fl s Ar string1
.Op Fl s Ar string2 Op Ar ...
]
.Op Fl h
.Op Fl A Ar annexname
.Op Fl U Ar upscript
.Op Fl D Ar downscript
.Op Fl p Ar father_pause
.Op Fl t Ar script_timeout
.Op Fl w Ar retry_pause
.Ar device user passwd
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Startslip
opens the specified
.Ar device .
.Pp
Once carrier is asserted
.Nm startslip
attempts to login as the specified
.Ar user
with the given
.Ar password .
If successful, it puts the device into the slip line discipline.
If carrier drops or a
.Dv SIGHUP
is sent to
.Nm startslip ,
it closes the device, calls
.Ar downscript
and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence.
If a
.Dv SIGTERM
is send to
.Nm startslip ,
it closes the device, calls
.Ar downscript
and exits.
When
.Nm startslip
called twice on the same device, previous copy killed by a
.Dv SIGTERM
before any operation.
.Pp
Available options:
.Bl -tag -width Ar
.It Fl d
.Nm Startslip
prints out debugging information about what it is trying to do.
.It Fl b Ar speed
Determines 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 retry pause in seconds (increased from one try to another),
default value is 60.
.It Fl p Ar father_pause
Set after fork father pause in seconds, default is no pause there.
.It Fl s Ar string1
The optional
.Ar string
is written to
.Ar device .
Return character is added automatically.
For a dialup modem,
the string is used to specify a dial sequence.
Default string is return character.
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
.Nm Startslip
assumes it is connecting to a Xylogics Annex box and engages in an
appropriate dialog using the
.Ar user
and
.Ar passwd
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 U Ar upscript
Specifies a script to run when a SLIP interface becomes connected.  This may
contain ifconfig, route, and other appropriate commands.  The arguments that
are passed to the script are "slX up". Default value is "/sbin/ifconfig".
.It Fl D Ar downscript
Specifies a script to run when a SLIP connection goes away.  The arguments that
are passed to the script are "slX down". Default value is "/sbin/ifconfig".
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/run/startslip-<device>.pid -compact
.It Pa /var/run/startslip-<device>.pid
pid stored here
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sliplogin 8 ,
.Xr slattach 8 ,
/usr/share/examples/startslip
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm startslip
appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .