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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
14<sect1 id="inetutils" xreflabel="Inetutils-&inetutils-version;">
15<sect1info>
16<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
17<date>$Date$</date>
18</sect1info>
19<?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>
20<title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
21
22<sect2>
23<title>Introduction to <application>Inetutils</application></title>
24
25<para>The <application>Inetutils</application> package contains network clients
26and servers.</para>
27
28<sect3><title>Package information</title>
29<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
30<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&inetutils-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
31<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&inetutils-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
32<listitem><para>Download size: &inetutils-size;</para></listitem>
33<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &inetutils-buildsize;</para></listitem>
34<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &inetutils-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
35</sect3>
36
37<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
38<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
39<listitem><para>Required Patch (If compiled using
40<application>Linux</application>-2.6.x): <ulink
41url="&patch-root;/inetutils-&inetutils-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch"/></para>
42</listitem>
43</itemizedlist>
44</sect3>
45
46<sect3><title><application>Inetutils</application> dependencies</title>
47<sect4><title>Optional</title>
48<para><xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>,
49<xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>,
50<ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink> and
51<xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/></para></sect4>
52</sect3>
53
54</sect2>
55
56<sect2>
57<title>Installation of <application>Inetutils</application></title>
58
59<para>Install <application>Inetutils</application> by running the following
60commands:</para>
61
62<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch &amp;&amp;
63./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
64 --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
65 --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info \
66 --disable-logger --disable-syslogd &amp;&amp;
67make &amp;&amp;
68make install &amp;&amp;
69mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</command></userinput></screen>
70
71</sect2>
72
73<sect2>
74<title>Command explanations</title>
75
76<para><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter>: This switch prevents
77<application>Inetutils</application> installing a <command>logger</command>
78program, which is installed in the <acronym>LFS</acronym> Book.</para>
79
80<para><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter>: This switch prevents
81<application>Inetutils</application> installing a System Log Daemon, which is
82installed in the <acronym>LFS</acronym> Book.</para>
83
84<para><option>--with-wrap</option>: This switch makes
85<application>Inetutils</application> compile against
86<application>tcp-wrappers</application>. Add this option if you want to
87utilize <application>tcp-wrappers</application>.
88</para>
89
90<para><option>--disable-whois</option>: This switch will prevent
91<application>Inetutils</application> installing an outdated
92<command>whois</command> client. Add this option if you plan on installing
93<xref linkend="whois-package"/>.</para>
94
95<para><option>--with-pam</option>: This switch makes
96<application>Inetutils</application> link against
97<application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application> libraries.
98Add this option if you want to utilize <acronym>PAM</acronym>.
99</para>
100
101<para><option>--disable-servers</option>: Some of the servers included with
102<application>Inetutils</application> are insecure in nature and in some cases
103better alternatives exist. You can choose this switch to enable only the
104servers you need, avoiding the installation of unneeded servers.</para>
105
106</sect2>
107
108<sect2>
109<title>Contents</title>
110
111<para>The <application>Inetutils</application> package contains network clients
112and servers.</para>
113
114</sect2>
115
116<sect2><title>Description</title>
117
118<sect3><title>ftp</title>
119<para><command>ftp</command> is an ARPANET file transfer client.</para></sect3>
120
121<sect3><title>logger</title>
122<para><command>logger</command> make entries in the system log.</para></sect3>
123
124<sect3><title>ping</title>
125<para><command>ping</command> sends <acronym>ICMP</acronym> ECHO_REQUEST
126packets to network hosts.</para></sect3>
127
128<sect3><title>rcp</title>
129<para><command>rcp</command> is a remote file copy client.</para></sect3>
130
131<sect3><title>rlogin</title>
132<para><command>rlogin</command> is a remote login client.</para></sect3>
133
134<sect3><title>rsh</title>
135<para><command>rsh</command> is a remote shell client.</para></sect3>
136
137<sect3><title>syslogd</title>
138<para><command>syslogd</command> logs systems messages.</para></sect3>
139
140<sect3><title>talk</title>
141<para><command>talk</command> allows communication between users.</para></sect3>
142
143<sect3><title>telnet</title>
144<para><command>telnet</command> is a user interface to the TELNET
145protocol.</para></sect3>
146
147<sect3><title>tftp</title>
148<para><command>tftp</command> is an Internet Trivial File Transfer
149Protocol client.</para></sect3>
150
151<sect3><title>whois</title>
152<para><command>whois</command> is a client for the whois directory
153service.</para></sect3>
154
155<sect3><title>ftpd</title>
156<para><command>ftpd</command> is a <acronym>DARPA</acronym> Internet File
157Transfer Protocol server.</para></sect3>
158
159<sect3><title>inetd</title>
160<para><command>inetd</command> is an Internet super-server.</para></sect3>
161
162<sect3><title>rexecd</title>
163<para><command>rexcd</command> is a remote execution server.</para></sect3>
164
165<sect3><title>rlogind</title>
166<para><command>rlogind</command> is a remote login server.</para></sect3>
167
168<sect3><title>rshd</title>
169<para><command>rshd</command> is a remote shell server.</para></sect3>
170
171<sect3><title>talkd</title>
172<para><command>talkd</command> is a remote user communication
173server.</para></sect3>
174
175<sect3><title>telnetd</title>
176<para><command>telnetd</command> is a <acronym>DARPA</acronym> TELNET protocol
177server.</para></sect3>
178
179<sect3><title>tftpd</title>
180<para><command>tftpd</command> is an Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol
181server.</para></sect3>
182
183<sect3><title>uucpd</title>
184<para><command>uucpd</command> is the server for supporting
185<acronym>UUCP</acronym> connections over networks.</para></sect3>
186
187</sect2>
188
189</sect1>
190
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