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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  2. <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
  3. "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  4. <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  5. %general-entities;
  6. ]>
  7. <sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" role="wrap">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>
  9. <sect1info condition="script">
  10. <productname>inetutils</productname>
  11. <productnumber>&inetutils-version;</productnumber>
  12. <address>&inetutils-url;</address>
  13. </sect1info>
  14. <title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
  15. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils">
  16. <primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary>
  17. </indexterm>
  18. <sect2 role="package">
  19. <title/>
  20. <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
  21. <segmentedlist>
  22. <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  23. <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  24. <seglistitem>
  25. <seg>&inetutils-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  26. <seg>&inetutils-ch6-du;</seg>
  27. </seglistitem>
  28. </segmentedlist>
  29. </sect2>
  30. <sect2 role="installation">
  31. <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
  32. <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
  33. --localstatedir=/var --disable-ifconfig \
  34. --disable-logger --disable-syslogd --disable-whois \
  35. --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
  36. <variablelist>
  37. <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
  38. <varlistentry>
  39. <term><parameter>--disable-ifconfig</parameter></term>
  40. <listitem>
  41. <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
  42. <command>ifconfig</command> program, which can be used to configure network
  43. interfaces. LFS uses <command>ip</command> from IPRoute2 to perform
  44. this task.</para>
  45. </listitem>
  46. </varlistentry>
  47. <varlistentry>
  48. <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
  49. <listitem>
  50. <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
  51. <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
  52. pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
  53. Util-linux installed a version earlier.</para>
  54. </listitem>
  55. </varlistentry>
  56. <varlistentry>
  57. <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
  58. <listitem>
  59. <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
  60. Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
  61. </listitem>
  62. </varlistentry>
  63. <varlistentry>
  64. <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
  65. <listitem>
  66. <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
  67. <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date. Instructions for
  68. a better <command>whois</command> client are in the BLFS book.</para>
  69. </listitem>
  70. </varlistentry>
  71. <varlistentry>
  72. <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
  73. <listitem>
  74. <para>This disables the installation of the various network servers
  75. included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are deemed not
  76. appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by nature and are
  77. only considered safe on trusted networks. More information can be found
  78. at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
  79. better replacements are available for many of these servers.</para>
  80. </listitem>
  81. </varlistentry>
  82. </variablelist>
  83. <para>Compile the package:</para>
  84. <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  85. <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
  86. <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  87. <para>Install the package:</para>
  88. <screen><userinput remap="install">make install
  89. make -C doc html
  90. make -C doc install-html docdir=/usr/share/doc/inetutils-&inetutils-version;</userinput></screen>
  91. <para>Move some programs to their FHS-compliant place:</para>
  92. <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/bin/{hostname,ping,ping6} /bin
  93. mv -v /usr/bin/traceroute /sbin</userinput></screen>
  94. </sect2>
  95. <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
  96. <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
  97. <segmentedlist>
  98. <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  99. <seglistitem>
  100. <seg>ftp, hostname, ping, ping6, rcp, rexec, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet,
  101. tftp, and traceroute</seg>
  102. </seglistitem>
  103. </segmentedlist>
  104. <variablelist>
  105. <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  106. <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  107. <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  108. <varlistentry id="ftp">
  109. <term><command>ftp</command></term>
  110. <listitem>
  111. <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
  112. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
  113. <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
  114. </indexterm>
  115. </listitem>
  116. </varlistentry>
  117. <varlistentry id="hostname">
  118. <term><command>hostname</command></term>
  119. <listitem>
  120. <para>Reports or sets the name of the host</para>
  121. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils hostname">
  122. <primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary>
  123. </indexterm>
  124. </listitem>
  125. </varlistentry>
  126. <varlistentry id="ping">
  127. <term><command>ping</command></term>
  128. <listitem>
  129. <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
  130. take</para>
  131. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
  132. <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
  133. </indexterm>
  134. </listitem>
  135. </varlistentry>
  136. <varlistentry id="ping6">
  137. <term><command>ping6</command></term>
  138. <listitem>
  139. <para>A version of <command>ping</command> for IPv6 networks</para>
  140. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping6">
  141. <primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</primary>
  142. </indexterm>
  143. </listitem>
  144. </varlistentry>
  145. <varlistentry id="rcp">
  146. <term><command>rcp</command></term>
  147. <listitem>
  148. <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
  149. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
  150. <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
  151. </indexterm>
  152. </listitem>
  153. </varlistentry>
  154. <varlistentry id="rexec">
  155. <term><command>rexec</command></term>
  156. <listitem>
  157. <para>executes commands on a remote host</para>
  158. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rexec">
  159. <primary sortas="b-rexec">rexec</primary>
  160. </indexterm>
  161. </listitem>
  162. </varlistentry>
  163. <varlistentry id="rlogin">
  164. <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
  165. <listitem>
  166. <para>Performs remote login</para>
  167. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
  168. <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
  169. </indexterm>
  170. </listitem>
  171. </varlistentry>
  172. <varlistentry id="rsh">
  173. <term><command>rsh</command></term>
  174. <listitem>
  175. <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
  176. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
  177. <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
  178. </indexterm>
  179. </listitem>
  180. </varlistentry>
  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. <varlistentry id="telnet">
  191. <term><command>telnet</command></term>
  192. <listitem>
  193. <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
  194. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
  195. <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
  196. </indexterm>
  197. </listitem>
  198. </varlistentry>
  199. <varlistentry id="tftp">
  200. <term><command>tftp</command></term>
  201. <listitem>
  202. <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
  203. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
  204. <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
  205. </indexterm>
  206. </listitem>
  207. </varlistentry>
  208. <varlistentry id="traceroute">
  209. <term><command>traceroute</command></term>
  210. <listitem>
  211. <para>Traces the route your packets take from the host you are
  212. working on to another host on a network, showing all the intermediate
  213. hops (gateways) along the way</para>
  214. <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils traceroute">
  215. <primary sortas="b-traceroute">traceroute</primary>
  216. </indexterm>
  217. </listitem>
  218. </varlistentry>
  219. </variablelist>
  220. </sect2>
  221. </sect1>