D. Boland writes: >> These tools are provided separately in many Linux distros for quite >> some time, and while those tools can be started by inetd, inetd >> doesn't require them and they don't require inetd (xinetd is perfectly >> capable of replacing inetd). > > I don't see why this makes sense. The ping, hostname, whois and tftp > programs *do* belong to the inetutils package, right? But if you > insist, i'll comply.
They don't necessarily belong there and haven't for quite some time if you look at a reasonably modern Linux distribution (mine is openSUSE Tumbleweed). > rpm -qf /usr/lib/git/git-subtree git-core-2.7.1-1.1.x86_64 > rpm -qf `which hostname` hostname-3.16-1.3.x86_64 > rpm -qf `which ping` iputils-s20121221-4.5.x86_64 > rpm -qf `which tftp` tftp-5.2-13.2.x86_64 whois isn't even installed on my box and most registrars wouldn't deliver data for it anyway. >> - etc/defaults/etc/shells collides with the already provided file from >> the base-files package. > > I'll remove it. If there's something you think should be added, let me know. >> - usr/bin/traceroute is non-functional: >> >> $ traceroute.exe www.wdr.de >> traceroute to e2636.g.akamaiedge.net (104.90.150.230), 64 hops max >> traceroute: socket: Operation not permitted > > That's because you're not in Administrator mode. Ping (from Atzeri's > package) does the same. The error message ultimately comes from the > 'sendto' function, which is in cygwin1.dll Maybe it should be in sbin/ like all the other stuff that needs administrator privileges, then? Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptations for Waldorf Q V3.00R3 and Q+ V3.54R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada