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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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
27 <para os="a">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
28
29<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
30 --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
31 --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
32 --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
33
34 <variablelist os="c">
35 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
36
37 <varlistentry>
38 <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
39 <listitem>
40 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
41 <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
42 pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
43 Util-linux installs a better version later.</para>
44 </listitem>
45 </varlistentry>
46
47 <varlistentry>
48 <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
51 Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
52 </listitem>
53 </varlistentry>
54
55 <varlistentry>
56 <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
59 <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date.
60 Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are
61 in the BLFS book.</para>
62 </listitem>
63 </varlistentry>
64
65 <varlistentry>
66 <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
67 <listitem>
68 <para>This disables the installation of the various network
69 servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
70 deemed not appropriate in a basic CLFS system. Some are insecure by
71 nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
72 information can be found at <ulink
73 url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
74 better replacements are available for many of these
75 servers.</para>
76 </listitem>
77 </varlistentry>
78 </variablelist>
79
80 <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
81
82<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
83
84 <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
85
86 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
87
88<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
89
90 <para os="i">Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
91 place:</para>
92
93<screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
94
95 </sect2>
96
97 <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
98 <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
99
100 <segmentedlist>
101 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
102
103 <seglistitem>
104 <seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
105 </seglistitem>
106 </segmentedlist>
107
108 <variablelist>
109 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
110 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
111 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
112
113 <varlistentry id="ftp">
114 <term><command>ftp</command></term>
115 <listitem>
116 <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
117 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
118 <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
119 </indexterm>
120 </listitem>
121 </varlistentry>
122
123 <varlistentry id="ping">
124 <term><command>ping</command></term>
125 <listitem>
126 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
127 take</para>
128 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
129 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
130 </indexterm>
131 </listitem>
132 </varlistentry>
133
134 <varlistentry id="rcp">
135 <term><command>rcp</command></term>
136 <listitem>
137 <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
138 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
139 <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
140 </indexterm>
141 </listitem>
142 </varlistentry>
143
144 <varlistentry id="rlogin">
145 <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
146 <listitem>
147 <para>Performs remote login</para>
148 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
149 <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
150 </indexterm>
151 </listitem>
152 </varlistentry>
153
154 <varlistentry id="rsh">
155 <term><command>rsh</command></term>
156 <listitem>
157 <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
158 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
159 <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
160 </indexterm>
161 </listitem>
162 </varlistentry>
163
164 <varlistentry id="talk">
165 <term><command>talk</command></term>
166 <listitem>
167 <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
168 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
169 <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
170 </indexterm>
171 </listitem>
172 </varlistentry>
173
174 <varlistentry id="telnet">
175 <term><command>telnet</command></term>
176 <listitem>
177 <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
178 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
179 <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
180 </indexterm>
181 </listitem>
182 </varlistentry>
183
184 <varlistentry id="tftp">
185 <term><command>tftp</command></term>
186 <listitem>
187 <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
188 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
189 <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
190 </indexterm>
191 </listitem>
192 </varlistentry>
193
194 </variablelist>
195
196 </sect2>
197
198</sect1>
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