--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. Omit this option if you didn't install 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 --disable-whois: This switch will prevent Inetutils installing a WhoIs client, since the included whois client is out of date.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 . --with-pam: This switch makes Inetutils compile against for Linux-PAM . 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 alternative exist. You can choose this switch and enable only the servers you want to avoid installing unneeded servers.