glfs/basicnet/netprogs/net-tools.xml
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY net-tools-download-http "http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/net-tools-&net-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY net-tools-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/rootlinux/rootlinux-1.3/source/base/net-tools/net-tools-&net-tools-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY net-tools-md5sum-http "888774accab40217dde927e21979c165">
<!ENTITY net-tools-md5sum-ftp "e1e83a4d4cdd72d35bcf90d76a16206f">
<!ENTITY net-tools-size "194 KB">
<!ENTITY net-tools-buildsize "4.3 MB">
<!ENTITY net-tools-time "0.10 SBU">
<!ENTITY lfs-coreutils-version "5.2.1">
]>
<sect1 id="net-tools" xreflabel="Net-tools-&net-tools-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="net-tools.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>Net-tools-&net-tools-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="net-tools">
<primary sortas="a-Net-tools">Net-tools</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Net-tools</title>
<para>The <application>Net-tools</application> package is a collection
of programs for controlling the network subsystem of the Linux
kernel.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&net-tools-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&net-tools-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum (HTTP): &net-tools-md5sum-http;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum (FTP): &net-tools-md5sum-ftp;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &net-tools-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &net-tools-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &net-tools-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Required Patch (if compiled using
<application>GCC</application>-3.4.x): <ulink
url="&patch-root;/net-tools-&net-tools-version;-gcc34-3.patch"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Required Patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/net-tools-&net-tools-version;-kernel_headers-2.patch"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Required Patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/net-tools-&net-tools-version;-mii_ioctl-1.patch"/></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Net-tools</title>
<note>
<para>The <application>Net-tools</application> package installs a
<command>hostname</command> program which will overwrite the existing program
installed by <application>Coreutils</application> during a base
LFS installation. If, for whatever reason, you need to
reinstall the <application>Coreutils</application> package after installing
<application>Net-tools</application>, you should use the
<filename>coreutils-&lfs-coreutils-version;-suppress_hostname_uptime_kill_su-1.patch</filename>
patch if you wish to preserve the <application>Net-tools</application>
<command>hostname</command> program.</para>
</note>
<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 (the build command below automates this). 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&mdash;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>Install <application>Net-tools</application> by running the
following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-gcc34-3.patch &amp;&amp;
patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-kernel_headers-2.patch &amp;&amp;
patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-mii_ioctl-1.patch &amp;&amp;
yes "" | make config &amp;&amp;
sed -i -e 's|HAVE_IP_TOOLS 0|HAVE_IP_TOOLS 1|g' \
-e 's|HAVE_MII 0|HAVE_MII 1|g' config.h &amp;&amp;
sed -i -e 's|# HAVE_IP_TOOLS=0|HAVE_IP_TOOLS=1|g' \
-e 's|# HAVE_MII=0|HAVE_MII=1|g' config.make &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make update</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para><command>yes "" | make config</command>: Piping <command>yes</command>
to <command>make config</command> skips the interactive configuration and
accepts the defaults.</para>
<para><command>sed -i -e ...</command>: These two <command>sed</command>s
change the configuration files to force building the
<command>ipmaddr</command>, <command>iptunnel</command> and
<command>mii-tool</command> programs.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>arp, dnsdomainname, domainname, hostname,
ifconfig, ipmaddr, iptunnel, mii-tool, nameif, netstat,
nisdomainname, plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach, and
ypdomainname</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>Not determined at this time</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="arp">
<term><command>arp</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually
to add or delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools arp">
<primary sortas="b-arp">arp</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="dnsdomainname">
<term><command>dnsdomainname</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>reports the system's DNS domain name.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools dnsdomainname">
<primary sortas="b-dnsdomainname">dnsdomainname</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="domainname">
<term><command>domainname</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>reports or sets the system's NIS/YP domain name.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools domainname">
<primary sortas="b-domainname">domainname</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hostname">
<term><command>hostname</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>reports or sets the name of the current host system.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools hostname">
<primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ifconfig">
<term><command>ifconfig</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is the main utility for configuring network interfaces.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools ifconfig">
<primary sortas="b-ifconfig">ifconfig</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ipmaddr">
<term><command>ipmaddr</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>adds, deletes and shows an interface's multicast addresses.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools ipmaddr">
<primary sortas="b-ipmaddr">ipmaddr</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="iptunnel">
<term><command>iptunnel</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>adds, changes, deletes and shows an interface's tunnels.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools iptunnel">
<primary sortas="b-iptunnel">iptunnel</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="mii-tool">
<term><command>mii-tool</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>checks or sets the status of a network interface's Media Independent
Interface (MII) unit.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools mii-tool">
<primary sortas="b-mii-tool">mii-tool</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="nameif">
<term><command>nameif</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>names network interfaces based on MAC addresses.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools nameif">
<primary sortas="b-nameif">nameif</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="netstat">
<term><command>netstat</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is used to report network connections, routing tables, and interface
statistics.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools netstat">
<primary sortas="b-netstat">netstat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="nisdomainname">
<term><command>nisdomainname</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>does the same as <command>domainname</command>.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools nisdomainname">
<primary sortas="b-nisdomainname">nisdomainname</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="plipconfig">
<term><command>plipconfig</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is used to fine tune the PLIP device parameters, to
improve its performance.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools plipconfig">
<primary sortas="b-plipconfig">plipconfig</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="rarp">
<term><command>rarp</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is used to manipulate the kernel's RARP table.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools rarp">
<primary sortas="b-rarp">rarp</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="route">
<term><command>route</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is used to manipulate the IP routing table.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools route">
<primary sortas="b-route">route</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="slattach">
<term><command>slattach</command></term>
<listitem>
<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>
<indexterm zone="net-tools slattach">
<primary sortas="b-slattach">slattach</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ypdomainname">
<term><command>ypdomainname</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>does the same as <command>domainname</command>.</para>
<indexterm zone="net-tools ypdomainname">
<primary sortas="b-ypdomainname">ypdomainname</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>