Inetutils - GNU network utilities
Introduction to Inetutils
Inetutils is a collection of common network programs. It includes:
- An inetd meta-server.
- An ftp client and server.
- A telnet client and server.
- An rsh client and server.
- An rlogin client and server.
- A tftp client and server.
- A talk client and server.
- A syslogd daemon.
- Network tools: ping, ping6, traceroute, whois.
- Admin tools: hostname, dnsdomainname, ifconfig, logger
- And more...
Most of them are improved versions of programs originally from BSD. Some others are original versions, written from scratch.
Downloading Inetutils
Inetutils can be found on https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/ [via HTTP] and ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/ [via FTP]. It can also be found on one of our FTP mirrors.
Documentation
Complete documentation in TeXinfo format is included in the distribution. An online manual is available.
Mailing Lists/Newsgroups
Inetutils has one mailing list: <[email protected]>.
The main discussion list is <[email protected]>, and is used to discuss all aspects of Ineutils, including development and porting, and bug reports. For details on submitting a bug report, please see the section Report a Bug below.
Announcements about Inetutils and most other GNU Software are made on <[email protected]>.
To subscribe to these GNU mailing lists, please send an empty mail with a Subject: header line of just "subscribe" to the relevant -request list. For example, to subscribe yourself to the main list for Inetutils, you would send mail to <[email protected]> with no body and a Subject: header line of just "subscribe".
Request an Enhancement
If you would like any new feature to be included in future versions of Inetutils, please send a request to <[email protected]>.
Please remember that development of Inetutils is a volunteer effort, and you can also contribute to its development. For information about contributing to the GNU Project, please read How to help GNU.
Report a Bug
If you think you have found a bug in Inetutils, then please send as complete a report as possible to <[email protected]>.