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<sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>

  <title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils">
    <primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>

    <para os="p1">Not all programs that come with Inetutils will be installed.
    However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the
    man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this
    situation:</para>

<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen>

    <para os="p3">This patch addresses build issues with GCC &gcc-version;:</para>

<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-gcc4_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>

    <para os="p5">This patch addresses an issue where telnet on certain machines will
    only send to 255.255.255.255. This was due to change in the way Glibc handles
    inet_addr. Apply the following patch to correct this issue:</para>

<screen os="p6"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-inet_addr_fix-patch;</userinput></screen>

    <para os="a">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
    --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
    --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
    --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist os="c">
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
          <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
          pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
          Util-linux installs a better version later.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
          Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
          <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date.
          Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are
          in the BLFS book.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This disables the installation of the various network
          servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
          deemed not appropriate in a basic CLFS system. Some are insecure by
          nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
          information can be found at <ulink
          url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
          better replacements are available for many of these
          servers.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para os="g">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para os="i">Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
    place:</para>

<screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="ftp">
        <term><command>ftp</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
            <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ping">
        <term><command>ping</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
          take</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
            <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rcp">
        <term><command>rcp</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
            <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rlogin">
        <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Performs remote login</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
            <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rsh">
        <term><command>rsh</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
            <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="talk">
        <term><command>talk</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
            <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="telnet">
        <term><command>telnet</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
            <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="tftp">
        <term><command>tftp</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
            <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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