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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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6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" xreflabel="Inetutils">
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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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11 |
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12 | <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
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13 |
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14 | <screen>&buildtime; 0.2 SBU
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15 | &diskspace; 11 MB</screen>
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16 |
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17 | <para>Inetutils installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils,
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18 | Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed.</para>
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19 |
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20 |
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>We are not going to install all the programs that come with Inetutils.
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26 | However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the man
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27 | pages anyway. The following patch will correct this situation:</para>
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28 |
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29 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-no_server_man_pages-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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30 |
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31 | <para>Now prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
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32 |
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33 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
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34 | --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
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35 | --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
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36 | --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
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37 |
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38 | <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
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39 |
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40 | <itemizedlist>
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41 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-logger</userinput>: This option
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42 | prevents Inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by
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43 | scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it
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44 | because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem>
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45 |
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46 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-syslogd</userinput>: This option
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47 | prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is
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48 | installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem>
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49 |
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50 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-whois</userinput>: This option disables
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51 | the building of the Inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date.
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52 | Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem>
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53 |
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54 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-servers</userinput>: This disables the
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55 | installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils
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56 | package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some
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57 | are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
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58 | information can be found at
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59 | <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that better
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60 | replacements are available for many of these servers.</para></listitem>
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61 | </itemizedlist>
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62 |
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63 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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64 |
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65 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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66 |
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67 | <para>Install it:</para>
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68 |
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69 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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70 |
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71 | <para>Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
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72 | place:</para>
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73 |
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74 | <screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
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75 |
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76 | </sect2>
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77 |
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78 |
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79 | <sect2 id="contents-inetutils"><title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
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80 |
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81 | <para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh,
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82 | talk, telnet and tftp</para>
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83 |
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84 | </sect2>
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85 |
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86 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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87 |
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88 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp"><primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary></indexterm>
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89 | <para id="ftp"><command>ftp</command> is the ARPANET file transfer program.</para>
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90 |
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91 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping"><primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary></indexterm>
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92 | <para id="ping"><command>ping</command> sends echo-request packets and reports how
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93 | long the replies take.</para>
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94 |
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95 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp"><primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary></indexterm>
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96 | <para id="rcp"><command>rcp</command> does remote file copy.</para>
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97 |
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98 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin"><primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary></indexterm>
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99 | <para id="rlogin"><command>rlogin</command> does remote login.</para>
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100 |
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101 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh"><primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary></indexterm>
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102 | <para id="rsh"><command>rsh</command> runs a remote shell.</para>
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103 |
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104 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk"><primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary></indexterm>
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105 | <para id="talk"><command>talk</command> is used to chat up another user.</para>
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106 |
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107 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet"><primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary></indexterm>
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108 | <para id="telnet"><command>telnet</command> is an interface to the TELNET protocol.</para>
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109 |
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110 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp"><primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary></indexterm>
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111 | <para id="tftp"><command>tftp</command> is a trivial file transfer program.</para>
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112 |
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113 | </sect2>
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114 |
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115 |
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116 |
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117 | </sect1>
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