remote(4)
NAME
remote - remote host description file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/remote
DESCRIPTION
The systems known by tip(1) and their attributes are stored
in an ASCII file which is structured somewhat like the
termcap file. Each line in the file provides a description
for a single system. Fields are separated by a colon `:'.
Lines ending in a `\' character with an immediately follow-
ing NEWLINE are continued on the next line.
The first entry is the name(s) of the host system. If there
is more than one name for a system, the names are separated
by vertical bars. After the name of the system comes the
fields of the description. A field name followed by an `='
sign indicates a string value follows. A field name followed
by a `#' sign indicates a following numeric value.
Entries named tipbaudrate are used as default entries by
tip, as follows. When tip is invoked with only a phone
number, it looks for an entry of the form tipbaudrate, where
baudrate is the baud rate with which the connection is to be
made. For example, if the connection is to be made at 300
baud, tip looks for an entry of the form tip300.
CAPABILITIES
Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or
boolean flags (bool). A string capability is specified by
capability=value; for example, `dv=/dev/harris'. A numeric
capability is specified by capability#value; for example,
`xa#99'. A boolean capability is specified by simply listing
the capability.
at (str) Auto call unit type. The following lists valid
'at' types and their corresponding hardware:
biz31f
Bizcomp 1031, tone dialing
biz31w
Bizcomp 1031, pulse dialing
biz22f
Bizcomp 1022, tone dialing
biz22w
Bizcomp 1022, pulse dialing
df02 DEC DF02
df03 DEC DF03
ventel
Ventel 212+
v3451 Vadic 3451 Modem
v831 Vadic 831
hayes Any Hayes-compatible modem
at Any Hayes-compatible modem
br (num) The baud rate used in establishing a connection
to the remote host. This is a decimal number. The
default baud rate is 300 baud.
cm (str) An initial connection message to be sent to the
remote host. For example, if a host is reached through
a port selector, this might be set to the appropriate
sequence required to switch to the host.
cu (str) Call unit if making a phone call. Default is the
same as the dv field.
db (bool) Cause tip(1) to ignore the first hangup it
sees. db (dialback) allows the user to remain in tip
while the remote machine disconnects and places a call
back to the local machine. For more information about
dialback configuration, see System Administration
Guide: IP Services.
di (str) Disconnect message sent to the host when a
disconnect is requested by the user.
du (bool) This host is on a dial-up line.
dv (str) Device(s) to open to establish a connection. If
this file refers to a terminal line, tip attempts to
perform an exclusive open on the device to insure only
one user at a time has access to the port.
ec (bool) Initialize the tip variable echocheck to on, so
that tip will synchronize with the remote host during
file transfer by waiting for the echo of the last
character transmitted.
el (str) Characters marking an end-of-line. The default
is no characters. tip only recognizes `~' escapes
after one of the characters in el, or after a RETURN.
es (str) The command prefix (escape) character for tip.
et (num) Number of seconds to wait for an echo response
when echo-check mode is on. This is a decimal number.
The default value is 10 seconds.
ex (str) Set of non-printable characters not to be dis-
carded when scripting with beautification turned on.
The default value is "\t\n\b\f".
fo (str) Character used to force literal data transmis-
sion. The default value is `\377'.
fs (num) Frame size for transfers. The default frame size
is equal to 1024.
hd (bool) Initialize the tip variable halfduplex to on,
so local echo should be performed.
hf (bool) Initialize the tip variable hardwareflow to on,
so hardware flow control is used.
ie (str) Input end-of-file marks. The default is a null
string ("").
nb (bool) Initialize the tip variable beautify to off, so
that unprintable characters will not be discarded when
scripting.
nt (bool) Initialize the tip variable tandem to off, so
that XON/XOFF flow control will not be used to throt-
tle data from the remote host.
nv (bool) Initialize the tip variable verbose to off, so
that verbose mode will be turned on.
oe (str) Output end-of-file string. The default is a
null string (""). When tip is transferring a file,
this string is sent at end-of-file.
pa (str) The type of parity to use when sending data to
the host. This may be one of even, odd, none, zero
(always set bit 8 to 0), one (always set bit 8 to
1). The default is none.
pn (str) Telephone number(s) for this host. If the tele-
phone number field contains an `@' sign, tip searches
the /etc/phones file for a list of telephone numbers -
see phones(4). A `%' sign in the telephone number
indicates a 5-second delay for the Ventel Modem.
For Hayes-compatible modems, if the telephone number
starts with an 'S', the telephone number string will
be sent to the modem without the "DT", which allows
reconfiguration of the modem's S-registers and other
parameters; for example, to disable auto-answer:
"pn=S0=0DT5551234"; or to also restrict the modem to
return only the basic result codes:
"pn=S0=0X0DT5551234".
pr (str) Character that indicates end-of-line on the
remote host. The default value is `\n'.
ra (bool) Initialize the tip variable raise to on, so
that lower case letters are mapped to upper case
before sending them to the remote host.
rc (str) Character that toggles case-mapping mode. The
default value is `\377'.
re (str) The file in which to record session scripts.
The default value is tip.record.
rw (bool) Initialize the tip variable rawftp to on, so
that all characters will be sent as is during file
transfers.
sc (bool) Initialize the tip variable script to on, so
that everything transmitted by the remote host will be
recorded.
tb (bool) Initialize the tip variable tabexpand to on, so
that tabs will be expanded to spaces during file
transfers.
tc (str) Indicates that the list of capabilities is con-
tinued in the named description. This is used pri-
marily to share common capability information.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Using the Capability Continuation Feature
Here is a short example showing the use of the capability
continuation feature:
UNIX-1200:\
:dv=/dev/cua0:el=^D^U^C^S^Q^O@:du:at=ventel:ie=#$%:oe=^D:br#1200:
arpavax|ax:\
:pn=7654321%:tc=UNIX-1200
FILES
/etc/remote
remote host description file.
/etc/phones
remote host phone number database.
SEE ALSO
tip(1), phones(4)
System Administration Guide: IP Services
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