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Last change on this file since 22c1df71 was 22c1df71, checked in by Randy McMurchy <randy@…>, 19 years ago

Clarified why 'yes' is piped to 'make config' in the introduction of the installation section of Net-Tools (fixes bug #1259)

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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 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY net-tools-download-http "http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/net-tools-&net-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY net-tools-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/rootlinux/rootlinux-1.3/source/base/net-tools/net-tools-&net-tools-version;.tar.gz">
9 <!ENTITY net-tools-md5sum-http "888774accab40217dde927e21979c165">
10 <!ENTITY net-tools-md5sum-ftp "e1e83a4d4cdd72d35bcf90d76a16206f">
11 <!ENTITY net-tools-size "194 KB">
12 <!ENTITY net-tools-buildsize "4.3 MB">
13 <!ENTITY net-tools-time "0.10 SBU">
14 <!ENTITY lfs-coreutils-version "5.2.1">
15]>
16
17<sect1 id="net-tools" xreflabel="Net-tools-&net-tools-version;">
18 <?dbhtml filename="net-tools.html"?>
19
20 <sect1info>
21 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
22 <date>$Date$</date>
23 </sect1info>
24
25 <title>Net-tools-&net-tools-version;</title>
26
27 <indexterm zone="net-tools">
28 <primary sortas="a-Net-tools">Net-tools</primary>
29 </indexterm>
30
31 <sect2 role="package">
32 <title>Introduction to Net-tools</title>
33
34 <para>The <application>Net-tools</application> package is a collection
35 of programs for controlling the network subsystem of the Linux
36 kernel.</para>
37
38 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
39 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
40 <listitem>
41 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&net-tools-download-http;"/></para>
42 </listitem>
43 <listitem>
44 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&net-tools-download-ftp;"/></para>
45 </listitem>
46 <listitem>
47 <para>Download MD5 sum (HTTP): &net-tools-md5sum-http;</para>
48 </listitem>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>Download MD5 sum (FTP): &net-tools-md5sum-ftp;</para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>Download size: &net-tools-size;</para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>Estimated disk space required: &net-tools-buildsize;</para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>Estimated build time: &net-tools-time;</para>
60 </listitem>
61 </itemizedlist>
62
63 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
64 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
65 <listitem>
66 <para>Required Patch (if compiled using
67 <application>GCC</application>-3.4.x): <ulink
68 url="&patch-root;/net-tools-&net-tools-version;-gcc34-3.patch"/></para>
69 </listitem>
70 <listitem>
71 <para>Required Patch: <ulink
72 url="&patch-root;/net-tools-&net-tools-version;-kernel_headers-2.patch"/></para>
73 </listitem>
74 <listitem>
75 <para>Required Patch: <ulink
76 url="&patch-root;/net-tools-&net-tools-version;-mii_ioctl-1.patch"/></para>
77 </listitem>
78 </itemizedlist>
79
80 </sect2>
81
82 <sect2 role="installation">
83 <title>Installation of Net-tools</title>
84
85 <note>
86 <para>The <application>Net-tools</application> package installs a
87 <command>hostname</command> program which will overwrite the existing program
88 installed by <application>Coreutils</application> during a base
89 LFS installation. If, for whatever reason, you need to
90 reinstall the <application>Coreutils</application> package after installing
91 <application>Net-tools</application>, you should use the
92 <filename>coreutils-&lfs-coreutils-version;-suppress_hostname_uptime_kill_su-1.patch</filename>
93 patch if you wish to preserve the <application>Net-tools</application>
94 <command>hostname</command> program.</para>
95 </note>
96
97 <para>The instructions below automate the configuration process by piping
98 <command>yes</command> to the <command>make config</command> command. If
99 you wish to run the interactive configuration process (by changing the
100 instruction to just <command>make config</command>), but you are not sure
101 how to answer all the questions, then just accept the defaults. This will
102 be just fine in the majority of cases. What you're asked here is a bunch of
103 questions about which network protocols you've enabled in your kernel. The
104 default answers will enable the tools from this package to work with the
105 most common protocols: TCP, PPP, and several others. You still need to
106 actually enable these protocols in the kernel&mdash;what you do here is
107 merely tell the package to include support for those protocols in its
108 programs, but it's up to the kernel to make the protocols available.</para>
109
110 <para>Install <application>Net-tools</application> by running the
111 following commands:</para>
112
113<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-gcc34-3.patch &amp;&amp;
114patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-kernel_headers-2.patch &amp;&amp;
115patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-mii_ioctl-1.patch &amp;&amp;
116yes "" | make config &amp;&amp;
117sed -i -e 's|HAVE_IP_TOOLS 0|HAVE_IP_TOOLS 1|g' \
118 -e 's|HAVE_MII 0|HAVE_MII 1|g' config.h &amp;&amp;
119sed -i -e 's|# HAVE_IP_TOOLS=0|HAVE_IP_TOOLS=1|g' \
120 -e 's|# HAVE_MII=0|HAVE_MII=1|g' config.make &amp;&amp;
121make &amp;&amp;
122make update</userinput></screen>
123
124 </sect2>
125
126 <sect2 role="commands">
127 <title>Command Explanations</title>
128
129 <para><command>yes "" | make config</command>: Piping <command>yes</command>
130 to <command>make config</command> skips the interactive configuration and
131 accepts the defaults.</para>
132
133 <para><command>sed -i -e ...</command>: These two <command>sed</command>s
134 change the configuration files to force building the
135 <command>ipmaddr</command>, <command>iptunnel</command> and
136 <command>mii-tool</command> programs.</para>
137
138 </sect2>
139
140 <sect2 role="content">
141 <title>Contents</title>
142
143 <segmentedlist>
144 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
145 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
146 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
147
148 <seglistitem>
149 <seg>arp, dnsdomainname, domainname, hostname,
150 ifconfig, ipmaddr, iptunnel, mii-tool, nameif, netstat,
151 nisdomainname, plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach, and
152 ypdomainname</seg>
153 <seg>None</seg>
154 <seg>Not determined at this time</seg>
155 </seglistitem>
156 </segmentedlist>
157
158 <variablelist>
159 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
160 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
161 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
162
163 <varlistentry id="arp">
164 <term><command>arp</command></term>
165 <listitem>
166 <para>is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually
167 to add or delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache.</para>
168 <indexterm zone="net-tools arp">
169 <primary sortas="b-arp">arp</primary>
170 </indexterm>
171 </listitem>
172 </varlistentry>
173
174 <varlistentry id="dnsdomainname">
175 <term><command>dnsdomainname</command></term>
176 <listitem>
177 <para>reports the system's DNS domain name.</para>
178 <indexterm zone="net-tools dnsdomainname">
179 <primary sortas="b-dnsdomainname">dnsdomainname</primary>
180 </indexterm>
181 </listitem>
182 </varlistentry>
183
184 <varlistentry id="domainname">
185 <term><command>domainname</command></term>
186 <listitem>
187 <para>reports or sets the system's NIS/YP domain name.</para>
188 <indexterm zone="net-tools domainname">
189 <primary sortas="b-domainname">domainname</primary>
190 </indexterm>
191 </listitem>
192 </varlistentry>
193
194 <varlistentry id="hostname">
195 <term><command>hostname</command></term>
196 <listitem>
197 <para>reports or sets the name of the current host system.</para>
198 <indexterm zone="net-tools hostname">
199 <primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary>
200 </indexterm>
201 </listitem>
202 </varlistentry>
203
204 <varlistentry id="ifconfig">
205 <term><command>ifconfig</command></term>
206 <listitem>
207 <para>is the main utility for configuring network interfaces.</para>
208 <indexterm zone="net-tools ifconfig">
209 <primary sortas="b-ifconfig">ifconfig</primary>
210 </indexterm>
211 </listitem>
212 </varlistentry>
213
214 <varlistentry id="ipmaddr">
215 <term><command>ipmaddr</command></term>
216 <listitem>
217 <para>adds, deletes and shows an interface's multicast addresses.</para>
218 <indexterm zone="net-tools ipmaddr">
219 <primary sortas="b-ipmaddr">ipmaddr</primary>
220 </indexterm>
221 </listitem>
222 </varlistentry>
223
224 <varlistentry id="iptunnel">
225 <term><command>iptunnel</command></term>
226 <listitem>
227 <para>adds, changes, deletes and shows an interface's tunnels.</para>
228 <indexterm zone="net-tools iptunnel">
229 <primary sortas="b-iptunnel">iptunnel</primary>
230 </indexterm>
231 </listitem>
232 </varlistentry>
233
234 <varlistentry id="mii-tool">
235 <term><command>mii-tool</command></term>
236 <listitem>
237 <para>checks or sets the status of a network interface's Media Independent
238 Interface (MII) unit.</para>
239 <indexterm zone="net-tools mii-tool">
240 <primary sortas="b-mii-tool">mii-tool</primary>
241 </indexterm>
242 </listitem>
243 </varlistentry>
244
245 <varlistentry id="nameif">
246 <term><command>nameif</command></term>
247 <listitem>
248 <para>names network interfaces based on MAC addresses.</para>
249 <indexterm zone="net-tools nameif">
250 <primary sortas="b-nameif">nameif</primary>
251 </indexterm>
252 </listitem>
253 </varlistentry>
254
255 <varlistentry id="netstat">
256 <term><command>netstat</command></term>
257 <listitem>
258 <para>is used to report network connections, routing tables, and interface
259 statistics.</para>
260 <indexterm zone="net-tools netstat">
261 <primary sortas="b-netstat">netstat</primary>
262 </indexterm>
263 </listitem>
264 </varlistentry>
265
266 <varlistentry id="nisdomainname">
267 <term><command>nisdomainname</command></term>
268 <listitem>
269 <para>does the same as <command>domainname</command>.</para>
270 <indexterm zone="net-tools nisdomainname">
271 <primary sortas="b-nisdomainname">nisdomainname</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry id="plipconfig">
277 <term><command>plipconfig</command></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>is used to fine tune the PLIP device parameters, to
280 improve its performance.</para>
281 <indexterm zone="net-tools plipconfig">
282 <primary sortas="b-plipconfig">plipconfig</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry id="rarp">
288 <term><command>rarp</command></term>
289 <listitem>
290 <para>is used to manipulate the kernel's RARP table.</para>
291 <indexterm zone="net-tools rarp">
292 <primary sortas="b-rarp">rarp</primary>
293 </indexterm>
294 </listitem>
295 </varlistentry>
296
297 <varlistentry id="route">
298 <term><command>route</command></term>
299 <listitem>
300 <para>is used to manipulate the IP routing table.</para>
301 <indexterm zone="net-tools route">
302 <primary sortas="b-route">route</primary>
303 </indexterm>
304 </listitem>
305 </varlistentry>
306
307 <varlistentry id="slattach">
308 <term><command>slattach</command></term>
309 <listitem>
310 <para>attaches a network interface to a serial line. This allows you to use
311 normal terminal lines for point-to-point links to other computers.</para>
312 <indexterm zone="net-tools slattach">
313 <primary sortas="b-slattach">slattach</primary>
314 </indexterm>
315 </listitem>
316 </varlistentry>
317
318 <varlistentry id="ypdomainname">
319 <term><command>ypdomainname</command></term>
320 <listitem>
321 <para>does the same as <command>domainname</command>.</para>
322 <indexterm zone="net-tools ypdomainname">
323 <primary sortas="b-ypdomainname">ypdomainname</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 </variablelist>
329
330 </sect2>
331
332</sect1>
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