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[b06ca36] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[4ae4324] | 7 |
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[81fd230] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" role="wrap">
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[4ae4324] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary>
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| 15 | </indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 | <title/>
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[673b0d8] | 19 |
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[4ae4324] | 20 | <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
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[0b6cb04] | 21 |
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[4ae4324] | 22 | <segmentedlist>
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| 23 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 24 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[5888299] | 25 |
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[4ae4324] | 26 | <seglistitem>
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[e4a5635] | 27 | <seg>&inetutils-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 28 | <seg>&inetutils-ch6-du;</seg>
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[4ae4324] | 29 | </seglistitem>
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| 30 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 31 |
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[4ae4324] | 32 | </sect2>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 35 | <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <para>All programs that come with Inetutils will not be installed.
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| 38 | However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the
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| 39 | man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this
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| 40 | situation:</para>
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[2ad19ed] | 41 |
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[3e36a78] | 42 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen>
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[2ad19ed] | 43 |
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[81fd230] | 44 | <para>Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 45 |
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[f4993cf] | 46 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
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[673b0d8] | 47 | --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
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[6aeced4] | 48 | --disable-ifconfig --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
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[673b0d8] | 49 | --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 50 |
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[4ae4324] | 51 | <variablelist>
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| 52 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 53 |
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[6aeced4] | 54 | <varlistentry>
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| 55 | <term><parameter>--disable-ifconfig</parameter></term>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
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| 58 | <command>ifconfig</command>, which can be used to configure network
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| 59 | interfaces. LFS uses <command>ip</command> from IPRoute2 to perform
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| 60 | this task.</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | </varlistentry>
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| 63 |
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[4ae4324] | 64 | <varlistentry>
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| 65 | <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
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| 68 | <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
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| 69 | pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
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| 70 | Util-linux installs a better version later.</para>
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| 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | </varlistentry>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <varlistentry>
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| 75 | <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
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| 76 | <listitem>
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| 77 | <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
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| 78 | Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
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| 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | </varlistentry>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <varlistentry>
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| 83 | <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
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| 84 | <listitem>
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| 85 | <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
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| 86 | <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date. Instructions for
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| 87 | a better <command>whois</command> client are in the BLFS book.</para>
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| 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 | </varlistentry>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <varlistentry>
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| 92 | <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
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| 93 | <listitem>
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| 94 | <para>This disables the installation of the various network servers
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| 95 | included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are deemed not
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| 96 | appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by nature and are
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| 97 | only considered safe on trusted networks. More information can be found
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| 98 | at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
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| 99 | better replacements are available for many of these servers.</para>
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| 100 | </listitem>
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| 101 | </varlistentry>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | </variablelist>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 106 |
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| 107 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 108 |
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[4ae4324] | 109 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[0be3d41] | 110 |
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[4ae4324] | 111 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 112 |
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| 113 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 114 |
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[4ae4324] | 115 | <para>Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
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| 116 | place:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 117 |
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[5998892] | 118 | <screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 119 |
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[4ae4324] | 120 | </sect2>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
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| 123 | <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <segmentedlist>
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| 126 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <seglistitem>
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[2791a8e] | 129 | <seg>ftp, ping, ping6, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
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[4ae4324] | 130 | </seglistitem>
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| 131 | </segmentedlist>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <variablelist>
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| 134 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 135 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 136 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <varlistentry id="ftp">
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| 139 | <term><command>ftp</command></term>
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| 140 | <listitem>
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| 141 | <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
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| 142 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
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| 143 | <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
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| 144 | </indexterm>
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| 145 | </listitem>
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| 146 | </varlistentry>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <varlistentry id="ping">
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| 149 | <term><command>ping</command></term>
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| 150 | <listitem>
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| 151 | <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
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| 152 | take</para>
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| 153 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
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| 154 | <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
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| 155 | </indexterm>
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| 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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| 158 |
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[2791a8e] | 159 | <varlistentry id="ping6">
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| 160 | <term><command>ping6</command></term>
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| 161 | <listitem>
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| 162 | <para>A version of <command>ping</command> for IPv6 networks</para>
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| 163 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping6">
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| 164 | <primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</primary>
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| 165 | </indexterm>
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| 166 | </listitem>
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| 167 | </varlistentry>
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| 168 |
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[4ae4324] | 169 | <varlistentry id="rcp">
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| 170 | <term><command>rcp</command></term>
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| 171 | <listitem>
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| 172 | <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
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| 173 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
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| 174 | <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
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| 175 | </indexterm>
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| 176 | </listitem>
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| 177 | </varlistentry>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <varlistentry id="rlogin">
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| 180 | <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
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| 181 | <listitem>
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| 182 | <para>Performs remote login</para>
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| 183 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
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| 184 | <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
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| 185 | </indexterm>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <varlistentry id="rsh">
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| 190 | <term><command>rsh</command></term>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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| 192 | <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
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| 193 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
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| 194 | <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
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| 195 | </indexterm>
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| 196 | </listitem>
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| 197 | </varlistentry>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <varlistentry id="talk">
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| 200 | <term><command>talk</command></term>
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| 201 | <listitem>
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| 202 | <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
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| 203 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
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| 204 | <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
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| 205 | </indexterm>
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| 206 | </listitem>
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| 207 | </varlistentry>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <varlistentry id="telnet">
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| 210 | <term><command>telnet</command></term>
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| 211 | <listitem>
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| 212 | <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
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| 214 | <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
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| 215 | </indexterm>
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| 216 | </listitem>
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| 217 | </varlistentry>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <varlistentry id="tftp">
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| 220 | <term><command>tftp</command></term>
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| 221 | <listitem>
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| 222 | <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
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| 223 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
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| 224 | <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
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| 225 | </indexterm>
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| 226 | </listitem>
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| 227 | </varlistentry>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | </variablelist>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | </sect2>
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[673b0d8] | 232 |
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| 233 | </sect1>
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