SLATTACH(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SLATTACH(8) NNAAMMEE ssllaattttaacchh - attach serial lines as network interfaces SSYYOOPPNNSSIISS SSllaattttaacchh _t_t_y_n_a_m_e [_b_a_u_d_r_a_t_e] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN SSllaattttaacchh is used to assign a tty line to a network interface, and to de- fine the network source and destination addresses. The following operands are supported by ssllaattttaacchh: _t_t_y_n_a_m_e Specifies the name of the tty device. _T_t_y_n_a_m_e should be a string of the form `ttyXX', or `/dev/ttyXX'. _b_a_u_d_r_a_t_e Specifies the speed of the connection. If not specified, the default of 9600 is used. Only the super-user may attach a network interface. To detach the interface, use ``ifconfig interface-name down'' after killing off the ssllaattttaacchh process. _I_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e_-_n_a_m_e is the name that is shown by netstat(1) EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS slattach ttyh8 slattach /dev/tty01 4800 DDIIAAGGNNOOSSTTIICCSS Messages indicating the specified interface does not exit, the requested address is unknown, the user is not privileged and tried to alter an in- terface's configuration. SSEEEE AALLSSOO netstat(1), netintro(4), ifconfig(8), rc(8) HHIISSTTOORRYY The ssllaattttaacchh command appeared in 4.3BSD. 4.3 Berkeley Distribution June 5, 1993 1