From: Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:41:11 -0500
> Is this your first time building software from source code?
Haven't thought about make since about 1993 and my exposure then was
minimal. Remember "make"; not "install".
> 3) Run "make install" or something equivalent, to copy the program(s)
> to the system directories. This usually requires root privileges.
Thanks. Was oblivious to that. "man make" gives no mention of install but
TLDP helps.
https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO-3.html
https://tldp.org/LDP/LG/current/smith.html
etc.
> Now, I have absolutely no idea what this "utelnetd" does, ...
Found it about a week ago.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Utelnetd
https://boxmatrix.info/wiki/Property:utelnetd
https://public.pengutronix.de/software/utelnetd/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/utelnetd/
The boxmatrix and pengutronix pages suggest that it was developed
primarily to allow a console on an embedded system.
> If you're struggling with understanding the difference between "make"
> and "make install", then getting this third party program running as a
> service is going to have quite a learning curve for you.
If all else fails, may ask another question.
> What's wrong with the telnet daemon that's included in Debian?
Used it for years. When multiple terminals connected to a central
mainframe it was appropriate. My application is software (embedded)
in a Debian system. Only 2 or 3 telnet consoles needed.
Gruesome details here.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon/ETH_Oberon#Telnet_Console
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon/A2#User_Level_Applications
inetd/telnetd is rather overkill and utelned should suffice.
Regards, ... P.
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