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XML Update -- Chapter 18

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[d47e7ea9]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY inetutils-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc/inetutils/inetutils-&inetutils-version;.tar.gz">
8 <!ENTITY inetutils-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/inetutils-&inetutils-version;.tar.gz">
9 <!ENTITY inetutils-size "1019 KB">
10 <!ENTITY inetutils-buildsize "13 MB">
11 <!ENTITY inetutils-time "0.30 SBU">
12]>
13
[19234f1]14<sect1 id="inetutils" xreflabel="Inetutils-&inetutils-version;">
[00bb024c]15<?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>
[19234f1]16<title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
[57835a9]17
[d47e7ea9]18<sect2>
19<title>Introduction to <application>Inetutils</application></title>
20
21<para>The <application>Inetutils</application> package contains network clients
22and servers.</para>
23
24<sect3><title>Package information</title>
25<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
26<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&inetutils-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
27<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&inetutils-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
28<listitem><para>Download size: &inetutils-size;</para></listitem>
29<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &inetutils-buildsize;</para></listitem>
30<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &inetutils-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
31</sect3>
32
33<sect3><title><application>Inetutils</application> dependencies</title>
34<sect4><title>Optional</title>
35<para><xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>, and <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para></sect4>
36</sect3>
37
38
39</sect2>
40
41<sect2>
42<title>Installation of <application>Inetutils</application></title>
43
44<para>Install <application>Inetutils</application> by running the following
45commands:</para>
46
47<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \
48 --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --infodir=/usr/share/info \
49 --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
50 --mandir=/usr/share/man &amp;&amp;
51make &amp;&amp;
52make install &amp;&amp;
53mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</command></userinput></screen>
54
55</sect2>
56
57<sect2>
58<title>Command explanations</title>
59
60<para><option>--disable-syslogd</option>: This switch prevents
61<application>Inetutils</application> installing a System Log Daemon, which is
62installed in the <acronym>LFS</acronym> Book.</para>
63
64<para><option>--with-wrap</option>: This switch makes <application>Inetutils
65</application> compile against <application>tcp-wrappers</application>. Add
66this option if you want to utilize <application>tcp-wrappers</application>.
67</para>
68
69<para><option>--disable-whois</option>: This switch will prevent
70<application>Inetutils</application> installing a whois client, since the
71included whois client is out of date. Add this option if you plan on installing
72<xref linkend="whois"/>.</para>
73
74<para><option>--with-pam</option>: This switch makes <application>Inetutils
75</application> link against <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application> libraries.
76Add this option if you want to utilize <acronym>PAM</acronym>.
77</para>
78
79<para><option>--disable-servers</option>: Some of the servers included with
80<application>Inetutils</application> are insecure in nature and in some cases
81better alternatives exist. You can choose this switch to enable only the
82servers you need, avoiding the installation of unneeded servers.</para>
83
84</sect2>
85
86<sect2>
87<title>Contents</title>
88
89<para>The <application>Inetutils</application> package contains network clients
90and servers.</para>
91
92</sect2>
93
94<sect2><title>Description</title>
95
96<sect3><title>ftp</title>
97<para><command>ftp</command> is a ARPANET file transfer client.</para></sect3>
98
99<sect3><title>logger</title>
100<para><command>logger</command> make entries in the system log.</para></sect3>
101
102<sect3><title>ping</title>
103<para><command>ping</command> sends <acronym>ICMP</acronym> ECHO_REQUEST
104packets to network hosts.</para></sect3>
105
106<sect3><title>rcp</title>
107<para><command>rcp</command> is a remote file copy client.</para></sect3>
108
109<sect3><title>rlogin</title>
110<para><command>rlogin</command> is a remote login client.</para></sect3>
111
112<sect3><title>rsh</title>
113<para><command>rsh</command> is a remote shell client.</para></sect3>
114
115<sect3><title>syslogd</title>
116<para><command>syslogd</command> logs systems messages.</para></sect3>
117
118<sect3><title>talk</title>
119<para><command>talk</command> allows communication between users.</para></sect3>
120
121<sect3><title>telnet</title>
122<para><command>telnet</command> is a user interface to the TELNET protocol.</para></sect3>
123
124<sect3><title>tftp</title>
125<para><command>tftp</command> is an Internet Trivial File Transfer
126Protocol client.</para></sect3>
127
128<sect3><title>whois</title>
129<para><command>whois</command> is a client for the whois directory service.</para></sect3>
130
131<sect3><title>ftpd</title>
132<para><command>ftpd</command> is a DARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server.</para></sect3>
133
134<sect3><title>inetd</title>
135<para><command>inetd</command> is a Internet super-server.</para></sect3>
136
137<sect3><title>rexecd</title>
138<para><command>rexcd</command> is a remote execution server.</para></sect3>
139
140<sect3><title>rlogind</title>
141<para><command>rlogind</command> is a remote login server.</para></sect3>
142
143<sect3><title>rshd</title>
144<para><command>rshd</command> is a remote shell server.</para></sect3>
145
146<sect3><title>talkd</title>
147<para><command>talkd</command> is a remote user communication server.</para></sect3>
148
149<sect3><title>telnetd</title>
150<para><command>telnetd</command> is a DARPA TELNET protocol server.</para></sect3>
151
152<sect3><title>tftpd</title>
153<para><command>tftpd</command> is an Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol server.</para></sect3>
154
155<sect3><title>uucpd</title>
156<para><command>uucpd</command> is the server for supporting
157<acronym>UUCP</acronym> connections over networks.</para></sect3>
158
159</sect2>
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161</sect1>
162
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