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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    <segmentedlist>
23      <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
24
25      <seglistitem>
26        <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep,
27        Make, Ncurses, Patch, Sed, and Zlib</seg>
28      </seglistitem>
29    </segmentedlist>
30
31  </sect2>
32
33  <sect2 role="installation">
34    <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
35
36    <para os="p1">Not all programs that come with Inetutils will be installed.
37    However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the
38    man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this
39    situation:</para>
40
41<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen>
42
43    <para os="p3">This patch addresses build issues with GCC &gcc-version;:</para>
44
45<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-gcc4_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
46
47    <para os="a">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
48
49<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
50    --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
51    --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
52    --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
53
54    <variablelist os="c">
55      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
56
57      <varlistentry>
58        <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
59        <listitem>
60          <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
61          <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
62          pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
63          Util-linux installs a better version later.</para>
64        </listitem>
65      </varlistentry>
66
67      <varlistentry>
68        <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
69        <listitem>
70          <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
71          Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
72        </listitem>
73      </varlistentry>
74
75      <varlistentry>
76        <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
77        <listitem>
78          <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
79          <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date.
80          Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are
81          in the BLFS book.</para>
82        </listitem>
83      </varlistentry>
84
85      <varlistentry>
86        <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
87        <listitem>
88          <para>This disables the installation of the various network
89          servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
90          deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by
91          nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
92          information can be found at <ulink
93          url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
94          better replacements are available for many of these
95          servers.</para>
96        </listitem>
97      </varlistentry>
98    </variablelist>
99
100    <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
101
102<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
103
104    <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
105
106    <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
107
108<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
109
110    <para os="i">Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
111    place:</para>
112
113<screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
114
115  </sect2>
116
117  <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
118    <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
119
120    <segmentedlist>
121      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
122
123      <seglistitem>
124        <seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
125      </seglistitem>
126    </segmentedlist>
127
128    <variablelist>
129      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
130      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
131      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
132
133      <varlistentry id="ftp">
134        <term><command>ftp</command></term>
135        <listitem>
136          <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
137          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
138            <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
139          </indexterm>
140        </listitem>
141      </varlistentry>
142
143      <varlistentry id="ping">
144        <term><command>ping</command></term>
145        <listitem>
146          <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
147          take</para>
148          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
149            <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
150          </indexterm>
151        </listitem>
152      </varlistentry>
153
154      <varlistentry id="rcp">
155        <term><command>rcp</command></term>
156        <listitem>
157          <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
158          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
159            <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
160          </indexterm>
161        </listitem>
162      </varlistentry>
163
164      <varlistentry id="rlogin">
165        <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
166        <listitem>
167          <para>Performs remote login</para>
168          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
169            <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
170          </indexterm>
171        </listitem>
172      </varlistentry>
173
174      <varlistentry id="rsh">
175        <term><command>rsh</command></term>
176        <listitem>
177          <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
178          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
179            <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
180          </indexterm>
181        </listitem>
182      </varlistentry>
183
184      <varlistentry id="talk">
185        <term><command>talk</command></term>
186        <listitem>
187          <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
188          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
189            <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
190          </indexterm>
191        </listitem>
192      </varlistentry>
193
194      <varlistentry id="telnet">
195        <term><command>telnet</command></term>
196        <listitem>
197          <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
198          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
199            <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
200          </indexterm>
201        </listitem>
202      </varlistentry>
203
204      <varlistentry id="tftp">
205        <term><command>tftp</command></term>
206        <listitem>
207          <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
208          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
209            <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
210          </indexterm>
211        </listitem>
212      </varlistentry>
213
214    </variablelist>
215
216  </sect2>
217
218</sect1>
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