Deactivating a SLIP connection

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To deactivate a SLIP connection, use this procedure.

  1. Type: 
    ps -ef | grep slatt

    Note the process numbers of processes associated with the slattach command.

  2. For each process number, type: 
    kill process_number

    Do not use the -9 flag of the kill command.

    If slattach is accidentally killed with a -9 flag, a slip lock might remain in /etc/locks. Delete this lock file to clean up after slattach.

To temporarily deactivate a SLIP connection, do the following on both the local and remote systems:

  1. Type: 
    ifconfig sl# down
  2. List the currently running slattach processes using the command: 
    ps -ef | grep slat
    The output might be similar to the following: 
    root  1269  1    0   Jun 25  ... slattach
  3. Kill the slattach process using its process ID. For example, to kill the slattach process shown in the preceding example, enter: 
    kill 1269
    where 1269 is the slattach process ID. Do not remove the slattach process using the -9 flag of the kill command.

    The SLIP connection is now disabled.