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[3f8be484]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
[aa18ac0]2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
[3f8be484]4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>
10
11 <title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils">
14 <primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
21
22 </sect2>
23
24 <sect2 role="installation">
25 <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
26
[dc5815da]27 <para os="p1">Not all programs that come with Inetutils will be installed.
28 However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the
29 man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this
30 situation:</para>
31
32<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen>
33
[1da2a84]34 <para os="s1">One of the source files is missing a header. Add it with the
35 following command:</para>
36
37<screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i "1i\#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;" libicmp/icmp_timestamp.c</userinput></screen>
38
[e0e40d3]39 <para os="a">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
[3f8be484]40
[e0e40d3]41<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
[3f8be484]42 --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
43 --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
44 --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
45
[e0e40d3]46 <variablelist os="c">
[3f8be484]47 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
48
49 <varlistentry>
50 <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
53 <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
54 pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
[c3cde4ba]55 Util-linux-ng installs a better version later.</para>
[3f8be484]56 </listitem>
57 </varlistentry>
58
59 <varlistentry>
60 <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
61 <listitem>
62 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
63 Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
64 </listitem>
65 </varlistentry>
66
67 <varlistentry>
68 <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
69 <listitem>
70 <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
71 <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date.
72 Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are
[0d4607d]73 in the CBLFS book.</para>
[3f8be484]74 </listitem>
75 </varlistentry>
76
77 <varlistentry>
78 <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
79 <listitem>
80 <para>This disables the installation of the various network
81 servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
[0d4607d]82 deemed not appropriate in a basic CLFS system.</para>
[3f8be484]83 </listitem>
84 </varlistentry>
85 </variablelist>
86
[e0e40d3]87 <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
[3f8be484]88
[e0e40d3]89<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]90
[d1631d1]91 <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
[3f8be484]92
[d1631d1]93 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
[3f8be484]94
[d1631d1]95<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
96
[645e8db]97 <para os="i">Move the <command>ping</command> and <command>ping6</command>
[1910c6f]98 programs to their FHS-compliant place:</para>
[3f8be484]99
[645e8db]100<screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/ping{,6} /bin</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]101
102 </sect2>
103
104 <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
105 <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
106
107 <segmentedlist>
108 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
109
110 <seglistitem>
[645e8db]111 <seg>ftp, ifconfig, ping, ping6, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
[3f8be484]112 </seglistitem>
113 </segmentedlist>
114
115 <variablelist>
116 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
117 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
118 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
119
120 <varlistentry id="ftp">
121 <term><command>ftp</command></term>
122 <listitem>
123 <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
124 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
125 <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
126 </indexterm>
127 </listitem>
128 </varlistentry>
129
[645e8db]130 <varlistentry id="ifconfig">
131 <term><command>ifconfig</command></term>
132 <listitem>
133 <para>Utility for configuring network interfaces</para>
134 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ifconfig">
135 <primary sortas="b-ifconfig">ifconfig</primary>
136 </indexterm>
137 </listitem>
138 </varlistentry>
139
[3f8be484]140 <varlistentry id="ping">
141 <term><command>ping</command></term>
142 <listitem>
143 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
[1910c6f]144 take. This is the IPV4 version</para>
[3f8be484]145 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
146 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
147 </indexterm>
148 </listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150
[645e8db]151 <varlistentry id="ping6">
152 <term><command>ping6</command></term>
153 <listitem>
154 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
[1910c6f]155 take. This is the IPV6 version</para>
[645e8db]156 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping6">
157 <primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</primary>
158 </indexterm>
159 </listitem>
160 </varlistentry>
161
[3f8be484]162 <varlistentry id="rcp">
163 <term><command>rcp</command></term>
164 <listitem>
165 <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
166 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
167 <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
168 </indexterm>
169 </listitem>
170 </varlistentry>
171
172 <varlistentry id="rlogin">
173 <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
174 <listitem>
175 <para>Performs remote login</para>
176 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
177 <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
178 </indexterm>
179 </listitem>
180 </varlistentry>
181
182 <varlistentry id="rsh">
183 <term><command>rsh</command></term>
184 <listitem>
185 <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
186 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
187 <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
188 </indexterm>
189 </listitem>
190 </varlistentry>
191
192 <varlistentry id="talk">
193 <term><command>talk</command></term>
194 <listitem>
195 <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
196 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
197 <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry id="telnet">
203 <term><command>telnet</command></term>
204 <listitem>
205 <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
206 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
207 <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
208 </indexterm>
209 </listitem>
210 </varlistentry>
211
212 <varlistentry id="tftp">
213 <term><command>tftp</command></term>
214 <listitem>
215 <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
216 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
217 <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
218 </indexterm>
219 </listitem>
220 </varlistentry>
221
222 </variablelist>
223
224 </sect2>
225
226</sect1>
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