%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Whois Whois is a client-side application which queries the whois directory service for information pertaining to a particular domain name. This package will install two programs by default: whois and mkpasswd. The mkpasswd command is also installed by the package. &lfs81_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &whois-md5sum; Download size: &whois-size; Estimated disk space required: &whois-buildsize; Estimated build time: &whois-time; Whois Dependencies Optional User Notes: Build the application with: make You can install the whois program, the mkpasswd program, and the locale files independently. Control your choice of what is installed with the following commands issued as the root user: Installing this version of mkpasswd will overwrite the same command installed by . make prefix=/usr install-whois make prefix=/usr install-mkpasswd make prefix=/usr install-pos HAVE_LIBIDN=1: This make variable adds internationalized string handling support to whois. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories whois and mkpasswd None None Short Descriptions whois is a client-side application which queries the whois directory service for information pertaining to a particular domain name. whois mkpasswd generates a new password, and optionally applies it to a user. mkpasswd