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-.TH SLATTACH 8 "June 24, 1990"
-.UC 6
-.SH NAME
-slattach \- attach serial lines as network interfaces
-.SH SYOPNSIS
-.B slattach
-ttyname [
-.I baudrate
-]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.I Slattach
+.\" @(#)slattach.8 6.4 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
+.\"
+.Dd March 16, 1991
+.Dt SLATTACH 8
+.Os BSD 4.3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm slattach
+.Nd attach serial lines as network interfaces
+.Sh SYOPNSIS
+.Nm Slattach
+.Ar ttyname Op Ar baudrate
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Slattach
is used to assign a tty line to a network interface,
-and to define the network source and destination addresses. The
-.I ttyname
-parameter is a string of the form ``ttyXX'', or ``/dev/ttyXX''.
-The optional
-.I baudrate
-parameter is used to set the speed of the connection. If not specified, the
+and to define the network source and destination addresses.
+The following operands are supported by
+.Nm slattach :
+.Bl -tag -width Ar
+.It Ar ttyname
+Specifies the name of the tty device.
+.Ar Ttyname
+should be a string of the form
+.Ql ttyXX ,
+or
+.Ql /dev/ttyXX .
+.It Ar baudrate
+Specifies the speed of the connection. If not specified, the
default of 9600 is used.
-.PP
+.El
+.Pp
Only the super-user may attach a network interface.
-.PP
-To detach the interface, use `ifconfig
-.I interface-name
-down' after killing off the
-.I slattach
+.Pp
+To detach the interface, use
+.Dq Li ifconfig interface-name down
+after killing off the
+.Nm slattach
process.
-.I interface-name
+.Ar Interface-name
is the name that is shown by
-.B netstat(1)
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.ta 8
- slattach ttyh8
-.br
- slattach /dev/tty01 4800
-.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+.Xr netstat 1
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+slattach ttyh8
+slattach /dev/tty01 4800
+.Ed
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Messages indicating the specified interface does not exit, the
requested address is unknown, the user is not privileged and
tried to alter an interface's configuration.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-netstat(1), netintro(4), ifconfig(8), rc(8)
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr netstat 1 ,
+.Xr netintro 4 ,
+.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
+.Xr rc 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 4.3 .
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