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<sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>

  <title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils">
    <primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&inetutils-ch6-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&inetutils-ch6-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>

    <para>All programs that come with Inetutils will not be installed.
    However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the
    man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this
    situation:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen>

<para>Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
    --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
    --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
    --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
          <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
          pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
          Util-linux installs a better version later.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
          Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
          <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date. Instructions for
          a better <command>whois</command> client are in the BLFS book.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This disables the installation of the various network servers
          included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are deemed not
          appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by nature and are
          only considered safe on trusted networks. More information can be found
          at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
          better replacements are available for many of these servers.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
    place:</para>

<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="ftp">
        <term><command>ftp</command></term>
        <listitem>
        <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
        <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
          <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
        </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ping">
        <term><command>ping</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
          take</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
            <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rcp">
        <term><command>rcp</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
            <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rlogin">
        <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Performs remote login</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
            <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rsh">
        <term><command>rsh</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
            <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="talk">
        <term><command>talk</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
            <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="telnet">
        <term><command>telnet</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
            <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="tftp">
        <term><command>tftp</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
            <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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