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ucspi-tcp-0.88 install instructions

These install instructions were once part of the BLFS book (see Beyond Linux From Scratch), but for some reason they have been removed. I have modified the instructions to reflect my personal taste.


Package information

Additional downloads


Installation of ucspi-tcp

Install ucspi-tcp by running the following commands:


tar xvzf ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz &&
cd ucspi-tcp-0.88 &&
patch -Np1 -i ../ucspi-tcp-0.88.errno.patch &&
sed 's|/usr/local|/usr|' conf-home > conf-home~ &&
mv -f conf-home~ conf-home &&
make &&
make setup check

Man pages are not included in the tarball, so install this package if you want online help with the ucspi-tcp programs:


tar xvzf ucspi-tcp-0.88-man.tar.gz &&
cd ucspi-tcp-0.88-man &&
gzip *.1 &&
cp *.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1

Command explanations


sed 's|/usr/local|/usr|' conf-home > conf-home~ &&
mv -f conf-home~ conf-home

These commands change the installation directory to /usr/bin from the default of /usr/local/bin.

Contents

The ucspi-tcp package contains tcpserver, tcprules, tcprulescheck, argv0, fixcrio, recordio, rblsmtpd, tcpclient, who@, date@, finger@, http@, tcpcat, mconnect, addcr and delcr

You can also find detailed descriptions of each of these programs at https://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp/tcpserver.html, but here is a brief summary:

Description

tcpserver

tcpserver listens for incoming TCP connections on a given port, and runs a program of your choosing in response to a connection.

tcprules

tcprules compiles rules that govern access control for tcpserver into a fast access database format.

tcprulescheck

tcprulescheck makes it possible to see how tcpserver will react to connections from a given address without actually having to connect via that address. This is useful for checking to see if the access control rules you are using are doing what you expected.

argv0

argv0 runs a given program with a specified 0th argument.

fixcrio

fixcrio inserts carriage returns at the end of lines when they are missing.

recordio

recordio records all input and output of a program given as an argument.

rblsmtpd

rblsmtpd is a spam blocking program that works in conjunction with your SMTP daemon and tcpserver.

tcpclient

tcpclient creates a connection to a TCP port for a given program.

who@

who@ is a demonstration program using tcpclient that has the functionality of the rwho program. It requires a server running sysstat on port 11.

date@

date@ is a demonstration program using tcpclient that will return the system time of a remote host which is running a daytime service on port 13.

finger@

finger@ is a demonstration program using tcpclient that mimics the functionality of the finger program. It requires a server running fingerd on port 79.

http@

http@ downloads web pages from web servers.

tcpcat

tcpcat connects to a TCP port and prints all that is returned from the port.

mconnect

mconnect connects to a TCP port, delivers any input specified to the port, and prints any output from the port.

addcr

addcr adds carriage returns to files.

delcr

delcr removes carriage returns from files.


Contact:

Stefan Krah <website @ bytereef.org>