source: basicnet/netutils/traceroute.xml@ 2f6a5b0

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  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY traceroute-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/platform/sun/packages/solaris/freeware/SOURCES/traceroute-&traceroute-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY traceroute-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/traceroute-&traceroute-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY traceroute-md5sum        "964d599ef696efccdeebe7721cd4828d">
  <!ENTITY traceroute-size          "74 KB">
  <!ENTITY traceroute-buildsize     "540 KB">
  <!ENTITY traceroute-time          "0.01 SBU">
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<sect1 id="traceroute" xreflabel="Traceroute-&traceroute-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="traceroute.html"?>
  
  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>
  
  <title>Traceroute-&traceroute-version;</title>
  
  <indexterm zone="traceroute">
    <primary sortas="a-Traceroute">Traceroute</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Traceroute</title>
    
    <para>The <application>Traceroute</application> package contains a program 
    which is used to display the network route that packets take to reach a 
    specified host. This is a standard network troubleshooting tool. If you find 
    yourself unable to connect to another system, traceroute can help pinpoint 
    the problem.</para>
    
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&traceroute-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&traceroute-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &traceroute-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &traceroute-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &traceroute-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &traceroute-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    
  </sect2>
  
  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Traceroute</title>

    <para>Install <application>Traceroute</application> by running the following 
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/-o bin/-o root/' Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
    
    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
make install-man</userinput></screen>
    
  </sect2>
  
  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>
    
    <para><command>sed 's/-o bin/-o root/' Makefile.in</command>: 
    Adjusts the <filename>Makefile</filename> so that the program is installed 
    with user root instead of user bin (which doesn't exist on a default 
    LFS system).</para>
    
    <para><command>make install</command>: Installs <command>traceroute</command> 
    with SUID set to <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> in the 
    <filename class='directory'>/usr/sbin</filename> directory. This makes it 
    possible for all users to execute <command>traceroute</command>. For absolute 
    security, turn off the SUID bit in <command>traceroute</command>'s file permissions 
    with the command:</para>
    
<screen role='root'><userinput>chmod 0755 /usr/sbin/traceroute</userinput></screen>
    
    <para>The risk is that if a security problem such as a buffer overflow was 
    ever found in the <application>Traceroute</application> code, a regular user 
    on your system could gain <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
    access if the program is SUID <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. 
    Of course, removing the SUID permission also makes it impossible for users other 
    than <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to utilize 
    <command>traceroute</command>, so decide what's right for 
    your individual situation.</para>
    
    <para>The goal of BLFS is to be completely FHS compliant, so if you do leave the 
    <command>traceroute</command> binary SUID <systemitem 
    class="username">root</systemitem>, then you should move 
    <filename>traceroute</filename> to <filename class='directory'>/usr/bin</filename> 
    with the following command:</para>
    
<screen role='root'><userinput>mv /usr/sbin/traceroute /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
    
    <para>This ensures that the binary is in the path for non-root users.</para>
    
  </sect2>
  
  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
      
      <seglistitem>
        <seg>traceroute</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>
    
    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
      
      <varlistentry id="traceroute-prog">
        <term><command>traceroute</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>does basically what it says: it traces the route your packets 
          take from the host you are working on to another host on a network, showing 
          all the intermediate hops (gateways) along the way.</para>
          <indexterm zone="traceroute traceroute-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-traceroute">traceroute</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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