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diff --git a/chapter06/net-tools.xml b/chapter06/net-tools.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 9f4388b5e..000000000 --- a/chapter06/net-tools.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,188 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [ - <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> - %general-entities; -]> -<sect1 id="ch-system-net-tools" xreflabel="Net-tools" role="wrap"> -<title>Net-tools-&net-tools-version;</title> -<?dbhtml filename="net-tools.html"?> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools"><primary sortas="a-Net-tools">Net-tools</primary></indexterm> - -<sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Net-tools package contains programs for basic networking.</para> - -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> -<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>9.4 MB</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Net-tools installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, -Glibc, Make</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> -</sect2> - -<sect2 role="installation"> -<title>Installation of Net-tools</title> - -<para>If you don't know what to answer to all the questions asked during the -<command>make config</command> phase below, then just accept the defaults. -This will be just fine in the majority of cases. What you're asked here is a -bunch of questions about which network protocols you've enabled in your -kernel. The default answers will enable the tools from this package to work -with the most common protocols: TCP, PPP, and several others. You still need -to actually enable these protocols in the kernel -- what you do here is merely -telling the package to include support for those protocols in its programs, -but it's up to the kernel to make the protocols available.</para> - -<para>This package also has issues with being compiled by GCC 3.4, which we -fix by applying the following patch:</para> - -<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-gcc34-3.patch</userinput></screen> - -<para>Fix an issue that arises when building against Linux 2.6:</para> - -<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@x25_address@struct &@' lib/x25_sr.c</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now prepare Net-tools for compilation (if you intend to accept the -defaults, you can skip all the questions by running <userinput>yes "" | -make config</userinput> instead):</para> - -<screen><userinput>make config</userinput></screen> - -<para>Compile the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now install it:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make update</userinput></screen> - -</sect2> - - -<sect2 id="contents-net" role="content"><title>Contents of Net-tools</title> - -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>arp, dnsdomainname (link to hostname), domainname (link to -hostname), hostname, ifconfig, nameif, netstat, nisdomainname (link to hostname), -plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach and ypdomainname (link to hostname)</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="arp"> -<term><command>arp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools arp"><primary sortas="b-arp">arp</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, -usually to add or delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="dnsdomainname"> -<term><command>dnsdomainname</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools dnsdomainname"><primary sortas="b-dnsdomainname">dnsdomainname</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the system's DNS (Domain Name Server) domain name.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="domainname"> -<term><command>domainname</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools domainname"><primary sortas="b-domainname">domainname</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports or sets the system's NIS/YP domain name.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hostname"> -<term><command>hostname</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools hostname"><primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports or sets the name of the current host system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ifconfig"> -<term><command>ifconfig</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools ifconfig"><primary sortas="b-ifconfig">ifconfig</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the main utility for configuring network interfaces.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="nameif"> -<term><command>nameif</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools nameif"><primary sortas="b-nameif">nameif</primary></indexterm> -<para>names network interfaces based on MAC addresses.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="netstat"> -<term><command>netstat</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools netstat"><primary sortas="b-netstat">netstat</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to report network connections, routing tables, and interface -statistics..</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="nisdomainname"> -<term><command>nisdomainname</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools nisdomainname"><primary sortas="b-nisdomainname">nisdomainname</primary></indexterm> -<para>does the same as <command>domainname</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="plipconfig"> -<term><command>plipconfig</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools plipconfig"><primary sortas="b-plipconfig">plipconfig</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to fine tune the PLIP device parameters, to improve its performance.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rarp"> -<term><command>rarp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools rarp"><primary sortas="b-rarp">rarp</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to manipulate the kernel's RARP table.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="route"> -<term><command>route</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools route"><primary sortas="b-route">route</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to manipulate the IP routing table.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="slattach"> -<term><command>slattach</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools slattach"><primary sortas="b-slattach">slattach</primary></indexterm> -<para>attaches a network interface to a serial line. This allows you to use normal -terminal lines for point-to-point links to other computers.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ypdomainname"> -<term><command>ypdomainname</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools ypdomainname"><primary sortas="b-ypdomainname">ypdomainname</primary></indexterm> -<para>does the same as <command>domainname</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - -</sect2> - -</sect1> |