Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 14. Networking Programs

Inetutils-1.8

Introduction to Inetutils

The Inetutils package contains network clients and servers. If you are building on an LFS platform, this package was installed during LFS and only the clients (telnet, ftp, etc.) were installed. These instructions allow you to install the server programs. Note that most of the Inetutils servers are insecure and should only be used on trusted networks.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-SVN-20101029 platform.

Package Information

Inetutils Dependencies

Optional

Linux-PAM-1.1.5, TCP Wrappers-7.6, krb4, and Heimdal-1.4 or MIT Kerberos V5-1.6

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/inetutils

Installation of Inetutils

Install Inetutils by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr          \
            --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
            --sysconfdir=/etc      \
            --localstatedir=/var   \
            --disable-logger       \
            --disable-syslogd      \
            --disable-whois        \
            --disable-ifconfig     \
            --disable-hostname     \
            --disable-clients      &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-logger: This switch prevents Inetutils installing a logger program, which is installed in the LFS book.

--disable-syslogd: This switch prevents Inetutils installing a system log daemon, which is installed in the LFS book.

--disable-whois: This switch prevents Inetutils installing an outdated whois client. Add this option if you plan on installing Whois-5.0.12.

--disable-ifconfig: This switch prevents Inetutils from installing an ifconfig command. Use this parameter if you have Net-Tools installed and wish to keep its version of ifconfig.

--disable-hostname: This switch prevents Inetutils from installing a hostname command. Use this parameter if you have the version of this program supplied by the either the Coreutils package or the Net-Tools package and wish to keep it.

--disable-clients: This switch prevents Inetutils installing any of the client programs (most of which were build during LFS) and only installs the server programs.

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

--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

A list of the installed programs not included here, along with their short descriptions can be found at ../../../../lfs/view/development/chapter06/inetutils.html#contents-inetutils.

Installed Programs: ftpd, hostname, ifconfig, inetd, rexecd, rlogind, rshd, talkd, telnetd, tftpd, uucpd and whois
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

ftpd

is a DARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol Server.

inetd

is an Internet super-server. Note that the xinetd-2.3.14 package provides a much better server that does the same thing.

rexecd

is a remote execution server.

rlogind

is a remote login server.

rshd

is a remote shell server.

talkd

is a remote user communication server.

telnetd

is a DARPA TELNET protocol server.

tftpd

is an Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol server.

uucpd

is a server for supporting UUCP connections over networks.

whois

is a client for the whois directory service. Note that the Whois-5.0.12 package provides a much better client.

Last updated on 2011-12-03 05:42:28 +0000