Inetutils-1.4.2

Introduction to Inetutils

The Inetutils package contains network clients and servers.

Package information

Inetutils dependencies

Installation of Inetutils

Install Inetutils by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \
    --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --infodir=/usr/share/info \
    --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
    --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
make &&
make install &&
mv /usr/bin/ping /bin

Command explanations

--disable-syslogd: This switch prevents Inetutils installing a System Log Daemon, which is installed in the LFS Book.

--with-wrap: This switch makes Inetutils compile against tcp-wrappers. Add this option if you want to utilize tcp-wrappers.

--disable-whois: This switch will prevent Inetutils installing a whois client, since the included whois client is out of date. Add this option if you plan on installing Whois-4.6.14.

--with-pam: This switch makes Inetutils link against Linux-PAM libraries. Add this option if you want to utilize PAM.

--disable-servers: Some of the servers included with Inetutils are insecure in nature and in some cases better alternatives exist. You can choose this switch to enable only the servers you need, avoiding the installation of unneeded servers.

Contents

The Inetutils package contains network clients and servers.

Description

ftp

ftp is a ARPANET file transfer client.

logger

logger make entries in the system log.

ping

ping sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts.

rcp

rcp is a remote file copy client.

rlogin

rlogin is a remote login client.

rsh

rsh is a remote shell client.

syslogd

syslogd logs systems messages.

talk

talk allows communication between users.

telnet

telnet is a user interface to the TELNET protocol.

tftp

tftp is an Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol client.

whois

whois is a client for the whois directory service.

ftpd

ftpd is a DARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server.

inetd

inetd is a Internet super-server.

rexecd

rexcd is a remote execution server.

rlogind

rlogind is a remote login server.

rshd

rshd is a remote shell server.

talkd

talkd is a remote user communication server.

telnetd

telnetd is a DARPA TELNET protocol server.

tftpd

tftpd is an Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol server.

uucpd

uucpd is the server for supporting UUCP connections over networks.