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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" role="wrap">
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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 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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13 | <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
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14 |
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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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20 |
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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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27 |
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28 | <sect2 role="installation">
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29 | <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
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30 |
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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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34 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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35 |
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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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40 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-no_server_man_pages-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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41 |
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42 | <para>Now prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
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43 |
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44 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
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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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48 |
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49 | <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
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50 |
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51 | <variablelist>
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52 | <varlistentry>
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53 | <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
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54 | <listitem><para>This option
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55 | prevents Inetutils from installing the <command>logger</command> program, which is used by
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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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58 | </varlistentry>
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59 |
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60 | <varlistentry>
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61 | <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
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62 | <listitem><para>This option
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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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65 | </varlistentry>
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66 |
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67 | <varlistentry>
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68 | <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
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69 | <listitem><para>This option disables
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70 | the building of the Inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date.
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71 | Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></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-servers</parameter></term>
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76 | <listitem><para>This disables the
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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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83 | </varlistentry>
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84 | </variablelist>
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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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94 | <para>Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
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95 | place:</para>
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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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100 |
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101 |
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102 | <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
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103 |
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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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108 |
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109 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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110 |
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111 | <varlistentry id="ftp">
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112 | <term><command>ftp</command></term>
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113 | <listitem>
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114 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp"><primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary></indexterm>
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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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118 |
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119 | <varlistentry id="ping">
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120 | <term><command>ping</command></term>
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121 | <listitem>
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122 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping"><primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary></indexterm>
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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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126 |
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127 | <varlistentry id="rcp">
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128 | <term><command>rcp</command></term>
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129 | <listitem>
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130 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp"><primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary></indexterm>
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131 | <para>does remote file copy.</para>
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132 | </listitem>
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133 | </varlistentry>
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134 |
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135 | <varlistentry id="rlogin">
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136 | <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
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137 | <listitem>
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138 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin"><primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary></indexterm>
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139 | <para>does remote login.</para>
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140 | </listitem>
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141 | </varlistentry>
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142 |
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143 | <varlistentry id="rsh">
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144 | <term><command>rsh</command></term>
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145 | <listitem>
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146 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh"><primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary></indexterm>
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147 | <para>runs a remote shell.</para>
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148 | </listitem>
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149 | </varlistentry>
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150 |
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151 | <varlistentry id="talk">
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152 | <term><command>talk</command></term>
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153 | <listitem>
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154 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk"><primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary></indexterm>
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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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158 |
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159 | <varlistentry id="telnet">
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160 | <term><command>telnet</command></term>
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161 | <listitem>
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162 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet"><primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary></indexterm>
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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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166 |
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167 | <varlistentry id="tftp">
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168 | <term><command>tftp</command></term>
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169 | <listitem>
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170 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp"><primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary></indexterm>
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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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175 |
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176 | </sect2>
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177 |
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178 | </sect1>
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