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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 <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../../patches.ent">
6 %general-entities;
7 %patches-entities;
8]>
9
10<sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" role="wrap">
11 <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>
12
13 <title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
14
15 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils">
16 <primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary>
17 </indexterm>
18
19 <sect2 role="package">
20 <title/>
21
22 <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
23
24 <segmentedlist>
25 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
26 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
27
28 <seglistitem>
29 <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
30 <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
31 </seglistitem>
32 </segmentedlist>
33
34 <segmentedlist>
35 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
36
37 <seglistitem>
38 <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep,
39 Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg>
40 </seglistitem>
41 </segmentedlist>
42
43 </sect2>
44
45 <sect2 role="installation">
46 <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
47
48 <para os="a">All programs that come with Inetutils will not be installed.
49 However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the
50 man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this
51 situation:</para>
52
53<screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen>
54
55 <para os="b1">The following patches addresses build issues with GCC 4.x:</para>
56
57<screen os="b2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-gcc4_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
58
59 <para os="c">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
60
61<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
62 --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
63 --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
64 --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
65
66 <variablelist os="d">
67 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
68
69 <varlistentry>
70 <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
71 <listitem>
72 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
73 <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
74 pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
75 Util-linux installs a better version later.</para>
76 </listitem>
77 </varlistentry>
78
79 <varlistentry>
80 <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
83 Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
84 </listitem>
85 </varlistentry>
86
87 <varlistentry>
88 <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
89 <listitem>
90 <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
91 <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date.
92 Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are
93 in the BLFS book.</para>
94 </listitem>
95 </varlistentry>
96
97 <varlistentry>
98 <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
99 <listitem>
100 <para>This disables the installation of the various network
101 servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
102 deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by
103 nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
104 information can be found at <ulink
105 url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
106 better replacements are available for many of these
107 servers.</para>
108 </listitem>
109 </varlistentry>
110 </variablelist>
111
112 <para os="e">Compile the package:</para>
113
114<screen os="f"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
115
116 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
117
118<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
119
120 <para os="i">Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
121 place:</para>
122
123<screen os="j"><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
124
125 </sect2>
126
127 <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
128 <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
129
130 <segmentedlist>
131 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
132
133 <seglistitem>
134 <seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
135 </seglistitem>
136 </segmentedlist>
137
138 <variablelist>
139 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
140 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
141 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
142
143 <varlistentry id="ftp">
144 <term><command>ftp</command></term>
145 <listitem>
146 <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
147 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
148 <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
149 </indexterm>
150 </listitem>
151 </varlistentry>
152
153 <varlistentry id="ping">
154 <term><command>ping</command></term>
155 <listitem>
156 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
157 take</para>
158 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
159 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
160 </indexterm>
161 </listitem>
162 </varlistentry>
163
164 <varlistentry id="rcp">
165 <term><command>rcp</command></term>
166 <listitem>
167 <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
168 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
169 <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
170 </indexterm>
171 </listitem>
172 </varlistentry>
173
174 <varlistentry id="rlogin">
175 <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
176 <listitem>
177 <para>Performs remote login</para>
178 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
179 <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
180 </indexterm>
181 </listitem>
182 </varlistentry>
183
184 <varlistentry id="rsh">
185 <term><command>rsh</command></term>
186 <listitem>
187 <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
188 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
189 <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
190 </indexterm>
191 </listitem>
192 </varlistentry>
193
194 <varlistentry id="talk">
195 <term><command>talk</command></term>
196 <listitem>
197 <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
198 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
199 <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
200 </indexterm>
201 </listitem>
202 </varlistentry>
203
204 <varlistentry id="telnet">
205 <term><command>telnet</command></term>
206 <listitem>
207 <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
208 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
209 <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
210 </indexterm>
211 </listitem>
212 </varlistentry>
213
214 <varlistentry id="tftp">
215 <term><command>tftp</command></term>
216 <listitem>
217 <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
218 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
219 <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
220 </indexterm>
221 </listitem>
222 </varlistentry>
223
224 </variablelist>
225
226 </sect2>
227
228</sect1>
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