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SLIPLOGIN(8)		OpenBSD System Manager's Manual		  SLIPLOGIN(8)

NAME
     sliplogin - attach a serial line network interface

SYNOPSIS
     sliplogin [loginname]

DESCRIPTION
     sliplogin is used to turn the terminal line on standard input into a
     Serial Line IP (SLIP) link to a remote host.  To do this, the program
     searches the file /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts for an entry matching
     loginname (which defaults to the current login name if omitted).  If a
     matching entry is found, the line is configured appropriately for slip
     (8-bit transparent I/O) and converted to SLIP line discipline.  Then a
     shell script is invoked to initialize the slip interface with the
     appropriate local and remote IP address, netmask, etc.

     The usual initialization script is /etc/sliphome/slip.login but, if
     particular hosts need special initialization, the file
     /etc/sliphome/slip.login.loginname will be executed instead if it exists.
     The script is invoked with the parameters

     slipunit  The unit number of the slip interface assigned to this line.
	       e.g., 0 for sl0.

     speed     The speed of the line.

     args      The arguments from the /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts entry, in order
	       starting with loginname.

     Only the superuser may attach a network interface.	 The interface is
     automatically detached when the other end hangs up or the sliplogin
     process dies.  If the kernel slip module has been configured for it, all
     routes through that interface will also disappear at the same time.  If
     there is other processing a site would like done on hangup, the file
     /etc/sliphome/slip.logout or /etc/sliphome/slip.logout.loginname is
     executed if it exists.  It is given the same arguments as the login
     script.

   Format of /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts
     Comments (lines starting with a `#') and blank lines are ignored.	Other
     lines must start with a loginname but the remaining arguments can be
     whatever is appropriate for the slip.login file that will be executed for
     that name.	 Arguments are separated by whitespace and follow normal sh(1)
     quoting conventions (however, loginname cannot be quoted).	 Usually,
     lines have the form

	   loginname local-address remote-address netmask opt-args

     where local-address and remote-address are the IP host names or addresses
     of the local and remote ends of the slip line and netmask is the
     appropriate IP netmask.  These arguments are passed directly to
     ifconfig(8).  Opt-args are optional arguments used to configure the line.

EXAMPLES
     The normal use of sliplogin is to create a /etc/passwd entry for each
     legal, remote slip site with sliplogin as the shell for that entry.
     e.g.,

     Sfoo:ikhuy6:2010:1:slip line to foo:/tmp:/usr/sbin/sliplogin

     (Our convention is to name the account used by remote host hostname as
     Shostname.) Then an entry is added to slip.hosts that looks like:

	   Sfoo	   `hostname`	   foo	   netmask

     where `hostname` will be evaluated by sh(1) to the local host name and
     netmask is the local host IP netmask.

     Note that sliplogin must be setuid to root and is only executable by
     users in group network.  To permit use, place a user into that group.
     Users in that group are of course also able to use sliplogin to place
     terminal lines in an unusable state and/or deny access to legitimate
     users of a remote slip line.

DIAGNOSTICS
     sliplogin logs various information to the system log daemon, syslogd(8),
     with a facility code of daemon.  The messages are listed here, grouped by
     severity level.

     Error Severity
     ioctl (TCGETS): reason
	     A TCGETS ioctl() to get the line parameters failed.

     ioctl (TCSETS): reason
	     A TCSETS ioctl() to set the line parameters failed.

     /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts: reason
	     The /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts file could not be opened.

     access denied for user
	     No entry for user was found in /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts.

     Notice Severity
     attaching slip unit unit for loginname
	     SLIP unit unit was successfully attached.

SEE ALSO
     ldattach(8), syslogd(8)

OpenBSD 4.9			January 7, 2008			   OpenBSD 4.9
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