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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[a001133] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" xreflabel="Inetutils" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils"><primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary></indexterm>
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[0b6cb04] | 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[5888299] | 13 | <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
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| 14 |
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[a001133] | 15 | <segmentedlist>
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| 16 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 18 | <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>11 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 19 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 20 |
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[a001133] | 21 | <segmentedlist>
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| 22 | <segtitle>Inetutils installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 23 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils,
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| 24 | Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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| 25 | </segmentedlist>
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| 26 | </sect2>
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[cd8e54e] | 27 |
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[a001133] | 28 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[73aedd1d] | 29 | <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
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| 30 |
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[9dfc02f] | 31 | <para>Inetutils has issues with the Linux 2.6 kernel series - fix these isues
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| 32 | by applying the following patch:</para>
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| 33 |
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[71bbe67] | 34 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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[9dfc02f] | 35 |
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[2ad19ed] | 36 | <para>We are not going to install all the programs that come with Inetutils.
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| 37 | However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the man
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| 38 | pages anyway. The following patch will correct this situation:</para>
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| 39 |
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[71bbe67] | 40 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-no_server_man_pages-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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[2ad19ed] | 41 |
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| 42 | <para>Now prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 43 |
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[f4993cf] | 44 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
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[673b0d8] | 45 | --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
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| 46 | --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
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| 47 | --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 48 |
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| 49 | <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
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| 50 |
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[df8334f] | 51 | <variablelist>
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| 52 | <varlistentry>
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[ef57e3b] | 53 | <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
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[df8334f] | 54 | <listitem><para>This option
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[ef57e3b] | 55 | prevents Inetutils from installing the <command>logger</command> program, which is used by
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[73aedd1d] | 56 | scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it
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| 57 | because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem>
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[df8334f] | 58 | </varlistentry>
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[73aedd1d] | 59 |
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[df8334f] | 60 | <varlistentry>
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[ef57e3b] | 61 | <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
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[df8334f] | 62 | <listitem><para>This option
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[f4993cf] | 63 | prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is
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| 64 | installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem>
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[df8334f] | 65 | </varlistentry>
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[f4993cf] | 66 |
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[df8334f] | 67 | <varlistentry>
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[ef57e3b] | 68 | <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
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[df8334f] | 69 | <listitem><para>This option disables
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[f4993cf] | 70 | the building of the Inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date.
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[73aedd1d] | 71 | Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem>
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[df8334f] | 72 | </varlistentry>
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[73aedd1d] | 73 |
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[df8334f] | 74 | <varlistentry>
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[ef57e3b] | 75 | <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
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[df8334f] | 76 | <listitem><para>This disables the
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[73aedd1d] | 77 | installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils
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| 78 | package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some
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| 79 | are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
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| 80 | information can be found at
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| 81 | <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that better
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| 82 | replacements are available for many of these servers.</para></listitem>
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[df8334f] | 83 | </varlistentry>
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| 84 | </variablelist>
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[73aedd1d] | 85 |
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| 86 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para>Install it:</para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 93 |
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[673b0d8] | 94 | <para>Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
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[4248b0e] | 95 | place:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 96 |
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| 97 | <screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | </sect2>
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[0b6cb04] | 100 |
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[5888299] | 101 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 102 | <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
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[673b0d8] | 103 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 104 | <segmentedlist>
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| 105 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 106 | <seglistitem><seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet and tftp</seg></seglistitem>
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| 107 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 108 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 109 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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[673b0d8] | 110 |
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[b8a819f] | 111 | <varlistentry id="ftp">
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| 112 | <term><command>ftp</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 113 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 114 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp"><primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 115 | <para>is the ARPANET file transfer program.</para>
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| 116 | </listitem>
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| 117 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 118 |
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[b8a819f] | 119 | <varlistentry id="ping">
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| 120 | <term><command>ping</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 121 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 122 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping"><primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 123 | <para>sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies take.</para>
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| 124 | </listitem>
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| 125 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 126 |
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[b8a819f] | 127 | <varlistentry id="rcp">
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| 128 | <term><command>rcp</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 129 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 130 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp"><primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 131 | <para>does remote file copy.</para>
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| 132 | </listitem>
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| 133 | </varlistentry>
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[73aedd1d] | 134 |
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[b8a819f] | 135 | <varlistentry id="rlogin">
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| 136 | <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 137 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 138 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin"><primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 139 | <para>does remote login.</para>
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| 140 | </listitem>
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| 141 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 142 |
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[b8a819f] | 143 | <varlistentry id="rsh">
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| 144 | <term><command>rsh</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 145 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 146 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh"><primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 147 | <para>runs a remote shell.</para>
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| 148 | </listitem>
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| 149 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 150 |
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[b8a819f] | 151 | <varlistentry id="talk">
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| 152 | <term><command>talk</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 153 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 154 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk"><primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 155 | <para>is used to chat up another user.</para>
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| 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 158 |
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[b8a819f] | 159 | <varlistentry id="telnet">
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| 160 | <term><command>telnet</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 161 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 162 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet"><primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 163 | <para>is an interface to the TELNET protocol.</para>
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| 164 | </listitem>
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| 165 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 166 |
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[b8a819f] | 167 | <varlistentry id="tftp">
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| 168 | <term><command>tftp</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 169 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 170 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp"><primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 171 | <para>is a trivial file transfer program.</para>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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| 174 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 175 |
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| 176 | </sect2>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | </sect1>
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