lfs/chapter06/inetutils.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" xreflabel="Inetutils" role="wrap">
<title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
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<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>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>11 MB</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Inetutils installation depends on</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils,
Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>

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

<para>Inetutils has issues with the Linux 2.6 kernel series. Fix these
issues by applying the following patch:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch</userinput></screen>

<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-&inetutils-version;-no_server_man_pages-1.patch</userinput></screen>

<para>Now 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>

<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>

<variablelist>
<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. We 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 whois client, which is woefully out of date.
Instructions for a better whois 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/stable/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>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 /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><title>Short descriptions</title>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

</sect2>

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