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<sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" role="wrap">
<?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>
<sect1info condition="script">
<productname>inetutils</productname>
<productnumber>&inetutils-version;</productnumber>
<address>&inetutils-url;</address>
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<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>
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<para>Create a definition to allow the <command>ifconfig</command> program
to build properly:</para>
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<para>Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
--localstatedir=/var \
--disable-logger \
--disable-whois \
--disable-rcp \
--disable-rexec \
--disable-rlogin \
--disable-rsh \
--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 more recent version.</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 client, which is out of date.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-r*</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>These parameters disable building obsolete programs that should not
be used due to security issues. The functions provided by these
programs can be provided by the <application>openssh</application>
package 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. Note that
better replacements are available for many of these servers.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
<para>One test, <emphasis>libls.sh</emphasis>, is known to fail due to hard
coding of some support program paths. All tests pass if the tests are
rerun at the end of Chapter 6.</para>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
<para>Move some programs so they are available if <filename
class='directory'>/usr</filename> is not accessible:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/bin/{hostname,ping,ping6,traceroute} /bin
mv -v /usr/bin/ifconfig /sbin</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
<title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>dnsdomainname, ftp, ifconfig, hostname, ping, ping6,
talk, telnet, tftp, and traceroute</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="dnsdomainname">
<term><command>dnsdomainname</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Show the system's DNS domain name</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils dnsdomainname">
<primary sortas="b-dnsdomainname">dnsdomainname</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<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="hostname">
<term><command>hostname</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reports or sets the name of the host</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils hostname">
<primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ifconfig">
<term><command>ifconfig</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Manages network interfaces</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ifconfig">
<primary sortas="b-ifconfig">ifconfig</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="ping6">
<term><command>ping6</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A version of <command>ping</command> for IPv6 networks</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping6">
<primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</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>
<varlistentry id="traceroute">
<term><command>traceroute</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Traces the route your packets take from the host you are
working on to another host on a network, showing all the intermediate
hops (gateways) along the way</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils traceroute">
<primary sortas="b-traceroute">traceroute</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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