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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)sliplogin.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/5/94 33.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/sliplogin/sliplogin.8,v 1.12.2.5 2003/03/11 22:31:33 trhodes Exp $ 34.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/sliplogin/sliplogin.8,v 1.4 2006/04/17 18:01:38 swildner Exp $ 35.\" 36.Dd January 5, 1994 37.Dt SLIPLOGIN 8 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm sliplogin 41.Nd attach a serial line network interface 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm 44.Op Ar loginname Op Ar device 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46The 47.Nm 48utility is used to turn the terminal line on standard input (or 49.Ar device ) 50into a Serial Line IP 51.Pq Tn SLIP 52link to a remote host. To do this, the program 53searches the file 54.Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts 55for an entry matching 56.Ar loginname 57(which defaults to the current login name if omitted). 58If a matching entry is found, the line is configured appropriately 59for slip (8-bit transparent i/o) and converted to 60.Tn SLIP 61line discipline using the optional line discipline parameters. 62.Pp 63The optional line discipline parameters consist of one or more of 64the following; 65.Sq normal , 66.Sq compress , 67.Sq noicmp , 68or 69.Sq autocomp 70which correspond respectively to 71.Sq use normal line discipline 72(no header compression), 73.Sq enable VJ header compression , 74.Sq throw away ICMP packets , 75and 76.Sq auto enable VJ header compression 77(only if the remote end of the link also supports it). 78.Pp 79Then a shell script is invoked to initialize the slip 80interface with the appropriate local and remote 81.Tn IP 82address, 83netmask, etc. 84.Pp 85The usual initialization script is 86.Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.login 87but, if particular hosts need special initialization, the file 88.Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.login. Ns Ar loginname 89will be executed instead if it exists. 90The script is invoked with the parameters 91.Bl -tag -width slipunit 92.It Em slipunit 93The unit number of the slip interface assigned to this line. E.g., 94.Sy 0 95for 96.Sy sl0 . 97.It Em speed 98The speed of the line. 99.It Em args 100The arguments from the 101.Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts 102entry, in order starting with 103.Ar loginname . 104.El 105.Pp 106Only the super-user may attach a network interface. The interface is 107automatically detached when the other end hangs up or the 108.Nm 109process dies. If the kernel slip 110module has been configured for it, all routes through that interface will 111also disappear at the same time. If there is other processing a site 112would like done on hangup, the file 113.Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.logout 114or 115.Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.logout. Ns Ar loginname 116is executed if it exists. It is given the same arguments as the login script. 117.Ss Format of /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts 118Comments (lines starting with a `#') and blank lines (or started 119with space) are ignored. 120Other lines must start with a 121.Ar loginname 122but the remaining arguments can be whatever is appropriate for the 123.Pa slip.login 124file that will be executed for that name. 125Arguments are separated by white space and follow normal 126.Xr sh 1 127quoting conventions (however, 128.Ar loginname 129cannot be quoted). 130Usually, lines have the form 131.Bd -literal -offset indent 132loginname local-address remote-address netmask opt-args 133.Ed 134.Pp 135where 136.Em local-address 137and 138.Em remote-address 139are the IP host names or addresses of the local and remote ends of the 140slip line and 141.Em netmask 142is the appropriate IP netmask. These arguments are passed 143directly to 144.Xr ifconfig 8 . 145.Em Opt-args 146are optional arguments used to configure the line. 147.Sh FreeBSD Additions 148An additional SLIP configuration file (if present) is 149.Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.slparms . 150If particular hosts need different configurations, the file 151.Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.slparms. Ns Ar loginname 152will be parsed instead if it exists. 153.Ss Format of /etc/sliphome/slip.slparms* 154Comments (lines starting with a `#') and blank lines (or started with 155space) are ignored. 156This file contains from one to three numeric parameters separated with spaces, 157in order: 158.Ar keepalive , 159.Ar outfill 160and 161.Ar slunit . 162.Bl -tag -width keepalive 163.It Ar keepalive 164Set SLIP "keep alive" timeout in seconds. 165If FRAME_END is not received in 166this amount of time, 167.Nm 168closes the line and exits. 169The default value is no timeout (zero). 170.It Ar outfill 171Set SLIP "out fill" timeout in seconds. 172It forces at least one FRAME_END 173to be sent during this time period, which is necessary for the "keep alive" 174timeout on the remote side. 175The default value is no timeout (zero). 176.It Ar slunit 177Set the SLIP unit number directly. 178Use with caution, because no check is made 179for two interfaces with same number. 180By default sliplogin dynamically assigns the unit number. 181.El 182.Pp 183If latter two parameters are omitted, they will not affect the 184corresponding SLIP configuration. 185If any of first two parameters is equal to zero, it will not affect 186the corresponding SLIP configuration. 187.Sh FILES 188.Bl -tag -width indent 189.It Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts 190list of host login names and parameters. 191.It Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.login 192script executed when a connection is made. 193.It Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.login. Ns Ar loginname 194script executed when a connection is made by 195.Ar loginname . 196.It Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.logout 197script executed when a connection is lost. 198.It Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.logout. Ns Ar loginname 199script executed when a connection is lost by 200.Ar loginname . 201.It Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.slparms 202extra parameters file. 203.It Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.slparms. Ns Ar loginname 204extra parameters file for 205.Ar loginname . 206.It Pa /var/run/ Ns Ar ttyXn Ns Pa .if 207contains the name of the network interface used by the sliplogin process on 208.Ar ttyXn . 209.It Pa /var/run/ Ns Ar slX Ns Pa .pid 210contains the PID of the sliplogin process which is using interface 211.Ar slX . 212.El 213.Sh EXAMPLES 214The normal use of 215.Nm 216is to create a 217.Pa /etc/passwd 218entry for each legal, remote slip site with 219.Nm 220as the shell for that entry. E.g., 221.Bd -literal 222Sfoo:ikhuy6:2010:1:slip line to foo:/tmp:/usr/sbin/sliplogin 223.Ed 224.Pp 225(Our convention is to name the account used by remote host 226.Ar hostname 227as 228.Em Shostname . ) 229Then an entry is added to 230.Pa slip.hosts 231that looks like: 232.Pp 233.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact 234Sfoo `hostname` foo netmask 235.Ed 236.Pp 237where 238.Em `hostname` 239will be evaluated by 240.Xr sh 1 241to the local host name and 242.Em netmask 243is the local host IP netmask. 244.Pp 245Note that 246.Nm 247must be setuid to root and, while not a security hole, moral defectives 248can use it to place terminal lines in an unusable state and/or deny 249access to legitimate users of a remote slip line. To prevent this, 250.Nm 251is installed as user 252.Em root , 253group 254.Em network 255and mode 4550 so that only members of group 256.Em network 257may run 258.Nm . 259The system administrator should make sure that all legitimate users 260are a member of the correct group. 261.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 262The 263.Nm 264utility logs various information to the system log daemon, 265.Xr syslogd 8 , 266with a facility code of 267.Em daemon . 268The messages are listed here, grouped by severity level. 269.Pp 270.Sy Error Severity 271.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact 272.It Sy ioctl (TCGETS): Em reason 273A 274.Dv TCGETS 275.Fn ioctl 276to get the line parameters failed. 277.Pp 278.It Sy ioctl (TCSETS): Em reason 279A 280.Dv TCSETS 281.Fn ioctl 282to set the line parameters failed. 283.Pp 284.It Sy /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts: Em reason 285The 286.Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts 287file could not be opened. 288.Pp 289.It Sy access denied for Em user 290No entry for 291.Em user 292was found in 293.Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts . 294.El 295.Pp 296.Sy Notice Severity 297.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact 298.It Sy "attaching slip unit" Em unit Sy for Ar loginname 299.Tn SLIP 300unit 301.Em unit 302was successfully attached. 303.El 304.Sh SEE ALSO 305.Xr slattach 8 , 306.Xr syslogd 8 307.Pp 308.Pa /usr/share/examples/sliplogin 309.Sh HISTORY 310The 311.Nm 312utility appeared in 313.Bx 4.3 Reno . 314