1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)startslip.1 5.3 (Berkeley) 05/09/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt STARTSLIP 1 10.Os 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.Ar device user passwd 19.Sh DESCRIPTION 20.Nm Startslip 21opens the specified 22.Ar device . 23.Pp 24Once carrier is asserted 25.Nm startslip 26attempts to login as the specified 27.Ar user 28with the given 29.Ar password . 30If successful, it puts the device into the slip line discipline. 31If carrier drops and a 32.Dv SIGHUP 33is sent to 34.Nm startslip , 35it closes the device and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence. 36.Pp 37Available options: 38.Bl -tag -width Ar 39.It Fl d 40.Nm Startslip 41prints out debugging information about what it is trying to do. 42.It Fl s Ar string 43The optional 44.Ar string 45is written to 46.Ar device . 47For a dialup modem, 48the string is used to specify a dial sequence. 49.El 50.Sh SEE ALSO 51.Xr sliplogin 8 52.Sh HISTORY 53The 54.Nm startslip 55command is 56.Ud . 57