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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
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| 5 | %general-entities; |
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| 6 | ]> |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?> |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | <title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title> |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils"> |
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary> |
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| 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para> |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | </sect2> |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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| 25 | <title>Installation of Inetutils</title> |
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| 26 | |
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[3bec8f3] | 27 | <para os="p1">Not all programs that come with Inetutils will be installed. |
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[3f8be484] | 28 | However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the |
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| 29 | man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this |
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| 30 | situation:</para> |
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| 31 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 32 | <screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 33 | |
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[773bf1ea] | 34 | <para os="p3">This patch addresses build issues with GCC &gcc-version;:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 35 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 36 | <screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-gcc4_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 37 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 38 | <para os="a">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 39 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 40 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \ |
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[3f8be484] | 41 | --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \ |
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| 42 | --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \ |
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| 43 | --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen> |
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| 44 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 45 | <variablelist os="c"> |
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[3f8be484] | 46 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title> |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | <varlistentry> |
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| 49 | <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term> |
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| 50 | <listitem> |
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| 51 | <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the |
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| 52 | <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to |
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| 53 | pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because |
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| 54 | Util-linux installs a better version later.</para> |
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| 55 | </listitem> |
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| 56 | </varlistentry> |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | <varlistentry> |
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| 59 | <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term> |
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| 60 | <listitem> |
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| 61 | <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log |
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| 62 | Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para> |
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| 63 | </listitem> |
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| 64 | </varlistentry> |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | <varlistentry> |
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| 67 | <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term> |
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| 68 | <listitem> |
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| 69 | <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils |
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| 70 | <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date. |
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| 71 | Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are |
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| 72 | in the BLFS book.</para> |
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| 73 | </listitem> |
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| 74 | </varlistentry> |
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| 75 | |
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| 76 | <varlistentry> |
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| 77 | <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term> |
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| 78 | <listitem> |
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| 79 | <para>This disables the installation of the various network |
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| 80 | servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are |
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| 81 | deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by |
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| 82 | nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More |
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| 83 | information can be found at <ulink |
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| 84 | url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that |
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| 85 | better replacements are available for many of these |
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| 86 | servers.</para> |
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| 87 | </listitem> |
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| 88 | </varlistentry> |
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| 89 | </variablelist> |
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| 90 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 91 | <para os="d">Compile the package:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 92 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 93 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 94 | |
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[d1631d1] | 95 | <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 96 | |
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[d1631d1] | 97 | <para os="g">Install the package:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 98 | |
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[d1631d1] | 99 | <screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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| 100 | |
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| 101 | <para os="i">Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant |
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[3f8be484] | 102 | place:</para> |
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| 103 | |
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[d1631d1] | 104 | <screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 105 | |
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| 106 | </sect2> |
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| 107 | |
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| 108 | <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content"> |
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| 109 | <title>Contents of Inetutils</title> |
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| 110 | |
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| 111 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 112 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 113 | |
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| 114 | <seglistitem> |
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| 115 | <seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg> |
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| 116 | </seglistitem> |
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| 117 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 118 | |
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| 119 | <variablelist> |
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| 120 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 121 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 122 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 123 | |
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| 124 | <varlistentry id="ftp"> |
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| 125 | <term><command>ftp</command></term> |
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| 126 | <listitem> |
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| 127 | <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para> |
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| 128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp"> |
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| 129 | <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary> |
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| 130 | </indexterm> |
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| 131 | </listitem> |
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| 132 | </varlistentry> |
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| 133 | |
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| 134 | <varlistentry id="ping"> |
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| 135 | <term><command>ping</command></term> |
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| 136 | <listitem> |
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| 137 | <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies |
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| 138 | take</para> |
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| 139 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping"> |
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| 140 | <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary> |
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| 141 | </indexterm> |
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| 142 | </listitem> |
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| 143 | </varlistentry> |
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| 144 | |
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| 145 | <varlistentry id="rcp"> |
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| 146 | <term><command>rcp</command></term> |
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| 147 | <listitem> |
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| 148 | <para>Performs remote file copy</para> |
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| 149 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp"> |
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| 150 | <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary> |
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| 151 | </indexterm> |
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| 152 | </listitem> |
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| 153 | </varlistentry> |
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| 154 | |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="rlogin"> |
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| 156 | <term><command>rlogin</command></term> |
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| 157 | <listitem> |
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| 158 | <para>Performs remote login</para> |
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin"> |
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| 160 | <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary> |
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| 161 | </indexterm> |
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| 162 | </listitem> |
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| 163 | </varlistentry> |
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| 164 | |
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| 165 | <varlistentry id="rsh"> |
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| 166 | <term><command>rsh</command></term> |
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| 167 | <listitem> |
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| 168 | <para>Runs a remote shell</para> |
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh"> |
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| 170 | <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary> |
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| 171 | </indexterm> |
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| 172 | </listitem> |
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| 173 | </varlistentry> |
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| 174 | |
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| 175 | <varlistentry id="talk"> |
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| 176 | <term><command>talk</command></term> |
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| 177 | <listitem> |
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| 178 | <para>Is used to chat with another user</para> |
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| 179 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk"> |
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| 180 | <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary> |
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| 181 | </indexterm> |
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| 182 | </listitem> |
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| 183 | </varlistentry> |
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| 184 | |
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| 185 | <varlistentry id="telnet"> |
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| 186 | <term><command>telnet</command></term> |
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| 187 | <listitem> |
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| 188 | <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para> |
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| 189 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet"> |
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| 190 | <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary> |
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| 191 | </indexterm> |
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| 192 | </listitem> |
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| 193 | </varlistentry> |
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| 194 | |
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| 195 | <varlistentry id="tftp"> |
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| 196 | <term><command>tftp</command></term> |
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| 197 | <listitem> |
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| 198 | <para>A trivial file transfer program</para> |
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| 199 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp"> |
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| 200 | <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary> |
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| 201 | </indexterm> |
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| 202 | </listitem> |
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| 203 | </varlistentry> |
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| 204 | |
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| 205 | </variablelist> |
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| 206 | |
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| 207 | </sect2> |
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| 208 | |
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| 209 | </sect1> |
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