1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)startslip.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt STARTSLIP 1 10.Os BSD 4.4 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm startslip 13.Nd dial up and login to a slip server 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm startslip 16.Op Fl d 17.Op Fl s Ar string 18.Op Fl A Ar annexname 19.Op Fl F Ar flowcontrol 20.Ar device user passwd 21.Sh DESCRIPTION 22.Nm Startslip 23opens the specified 24.Ar device . 25.Pp 26Once carrier is asserted 27.Nm startslip 28attempts to login as the specified 29.Ar user 30with the given 31.Ar password . 32If successful, it puts the device into the slip line discipline. 33If carrier drops and a 34.Dv SIGHUP 35is sent to 36.Nm startslip , 37it closes the device and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence. 38.Pp 39Available options: 40.Bl -tag -width Ar 41.It Fl d 42.Nm Startslip 43prints out debugging information about what it is trying to do. 44.It Fl s Ar string 45The optional 46.Ar string 47is written to 48.Ar device . 49For a dialup modem, 50the string is used to specify a dial sequence. 51.It Fl A Ar annexname 52.Nm Startslip 53assumes it is connecting to a Xylogics Annex box and engages in an 54appropriate dialog using the 55.Ar user 56and 57.Ar passwd 58arguments. 59The 60.Ar annexname 61argument is a string that is used to match against the Annex prompt 62to determine when a connection has been established. 63.It Fl F Ar flowcontrol 64Determines the type of flow control used on 65.Ar device . 66Choices for 67.Ar flowcontrol 68are 69``none'' for no flow control (the default), 70``hw'' for hardware RTS/CTS flow control and 71``sw'' for software XON/XOFF flow control. 72.El 73.Sh SEE ALSO 74.Xr sliplogin 8 75.Sh HISTORY 76The 77.Nm startslip 78appeared in 79.Bx 4.4 . 80