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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="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
34 <para os="p3">This patch addresses build issues with GCC &gcc-version;:</para>
35
36<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-gcc4_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
37
38 <para os="p5">This patch addresses an issue where telnet on certain machines will
39 only send to 255.255.255.255. This was due to change in the way Glibc handles
40 inet_addr. Apply the following patch to correct this issue:</para>
41
42<screen os="p6"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-inet_addr_fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
43
44 <para os="a">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
45
46<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
47 --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
48 --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
49 --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
50
51 <variablelist os="c">
52 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
53
54 <varlistentry>
55 <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
58 <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
59 pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
60 Util-linux installs a better version later.</para>
61 </listitem>
62 </varlistentry>
63
64 <varlistentry>
65 <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
68 Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
69 </listitem>
70 </varlistentry>
71
72 <varlistentry>
73 <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
74 <listitem>
75 <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
76 <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date.
77 Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are
78 in the BLFS book.</para>
79 </listitem>
80 </varlistentry>
81
82 <varlistentry>
83 <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
84 <listitem>
85 <para>This disables the installation of the various network
86 servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
87 deemed not appropriate in a basic CLFS system. Some are insecure by
88 nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
89 information can be found at <ulink
90 url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
91 better replacements are available for many of these
92 servers.</para>
93 </listitem>
94 </varlistentry>
95 </variablelist>
96
97 <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
98
99<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
100
101 <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
102
103 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
104
105<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
106
107 <para os="i">Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
108 place:</para>
109
110<screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
111
112 </sect2>
113
114 <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
115 <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
116
117 <segmentedlist>
118 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
119
120 <seglistitem>
121 <seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
122 </seglistitem>
123 </segmentedlist>
124
125 <variablelist>
126 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
127 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
128 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
129
130 <varlistentry id="ftp">
131 <term><command>ftp</command></term>
132 <listitem>
133 <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
134 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
135 <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
136 </indexterm>
137 </listitem>
138 </varlistentry>
139
140 <varlistentry id="ping">
141 <term><command>ping</command></term>
142 <listitem>
143 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
144 take</para>
145 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
146 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
147 </indexterm>
148 </listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150
151 <varlistentry id="rcp">
152 <term><command>rcp</command></term>
153 <listitem>
154 <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
155 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
156 <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
157 </indexterm>
158 </listitem>
159 </varlistentry>
160
161 <varlistentry id="rlogin">
162 <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
163 <listitem>
164 <para>Performs remote login</para>
165 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
166 <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
167 </indexterm>
168 </listitem>
169 </varlistentry>
170
171 <varlistentry id="rsh">
172 <term><command>rsh</command></term>
173 <listitem>
174 <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
175 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
176 <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
177 </indexterm>
178 </listitem>
179 </varlistentry>
180
181 <varlistentry id="talk">
182 <term><command>talk</command></term>
183 <listitem>
184 <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
185 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
186 <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
187 </indexterm>
188 </listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190
191 <varlistentry id="telnet">
192 <term><command>telnet</command></term>
193 <listitem>
194 <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
195 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
196 <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
197 </indexterm>
198 </listitem>
199 </varlistentry>
200
201 <varlistentry id="tftp">
202 <term><command>tftp</command></term>
203 <listitem>
204 <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
205 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
206 <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
207 </indexterm>
208 </listitem>
209 </varlistentry>
210
211 </variablelist>
212
213 </sect2>
214
215</sect1>
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