sliphosts(5) — Unsupported
Name
sliphosts − information about Serial Line Internetcol Protocol hosts
Syntax
/etc/sliphosts
Description
The /etc/sliphosts file contains information about Serial Line Internet Protocol hosts. Hosts come in numerous types, but all are considered masters or slaves depending on what is present in this sliphosts file. Master systems initiate the connection as:
/etc/slattach host
where host is a destination address. The destination is eventually passed to an /etc/ifconfig command. Slave systems use /etc/slattach as their login shell (shell field of /etc/passwd) and the login name is matched against the destination field. The fields describing each connection are:
destination gateway netmask speed tty modemtype phonenum logininfo
Destination is matched against the command line argument (master) or against the login name (for a slave connection). Gateway is usually the hostname of the system although it may be changed for specific routing cases. Netmask depends on your network and is passed to /etc/ifconfig. Speed is the speed at which the connection is to be run. The speed may be any for slaves and the speed of the line will not be modified. The tty is the line to use for this connection. For master systems this is the outgoing line to use and for slave systems /dev/tty is usually specified. Modemtype is specified as the type of modem to use (name must match an entry in /etc/acucap or hw for hardwired connections - master only). Phonenum is present if modemtype is not hw and is the phone number to use (master only). Logininfo is similar to UUCP information needed to negotiate the SLIP login at the remote host (master only).
Examples
A sample master destination is as follows:
slvname mastname mask 19200 /dev/ttyd0 hayes-V 5-5555 ogin:
Stest ssword: guess
A sample slave destination is as follows:
mastname slvname mask any /dev/tty
Note
slvname, mastname, and mask must be found in /etc/hosts or /etc/networks as these are passed to /etc/ifconfig.
Files
/etc/sliphosts
/etc/ifconfig
/et.PN c/acucap
/etc/h.PN osts
/usr/new/.PN slattach