menu "Networking Utilities"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC
+ bool "nc"
+ default y
+ help
+ A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network
+ connections.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC_SERVER
+ bool "Netcat server options (-l)"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC
+ help
+ Allow netcat to act as a server.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC_EXTRA
+ bool "Netcat extensions (-eiw and filename)"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC
+ help
+ Add -e (support for executing the rest of the command line after
+ making or receiving a successful connection), -i (delay interval for
+ lines sent), -w (timeout for initial connection).
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC_110_COMPAT
+ bool "Netcat 1.10 compatibility (+2.5k)"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC
+ help
+ This option makes nc closely follow original nc-1.10.
+ The code is about 2.5k bigger. It enables
+ -s ADDR, -n, -u, -v, -o FILE, -z options, but loses
+ busybox-specific extensions: -f FILE and -ll.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
bool "Enable IPv6 support"
default y
Enable IPv6 support in busybox.
This adds IPv6 support in the networking applets.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_UNIX_LOCAL
+ bool "Enable Unix domain socket support (usually not needed)"
+ default n
+ help
+ Enable Unix domain socket support in all busybox networking
+ applets. Address of the form local:/path/to/unix/socket
+ will be recognized.
+
+ This extension is almost never used in real world usage.
+ You most likely want to say N.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_IPV4_ADDRESS
- bool "Preferentially use IPv4 addresses from DNS queries"
+ bool "Prefer IPv4 addresses from DNS queries"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
help
This adds about 600 bytes.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_SHOW
- bool "Support show, showmac and showstp"
+ bool "Support show"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BRCTL && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_FANCY
help
Add support for option which prints the current config:
- showmacs, showstp, show
+ show
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DNSD
bool "dnsd"
fakeidentd listens on the ident port and returns a predefined
fake value on any query.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FTPD
+ bool "ftpd"
+ default n
+ help
+ simple FTP daemon. You have to run it via inetd.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FTP_WRITE
+ bool "Enable upload commands"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FTPD
+ help
+ Enable all kinds of FTP upload commands (-w option)
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FTPD_ACCEPT_BROKEN_LIST
+ bool "Enable workaround for RFC-violating clients"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FTPD
+ help
+ Some ftp clients (among them KDE's Konqueror) issue illegal
+ "LIST -l" requests. This option works around such problems.
+ It might prevent you from listing files starting with "-" and
+ it increases the code size by ~40 bytes.
+ Most other ftp servers seem to behave similar to this.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FTPGET
bool "ftpget"
default n
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FTPGETPUT_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options in ftpget/ftpput"
default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG && (BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FTPGET || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FTPPUT)
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LONG_OPTS && (BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FTPGET || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FTPPUT)
help
Support long options for the ftpget/ftpput applet.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
bool "httpd"
- default y
+ default n
help
Serve web pages via an HTTP server.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_RANGES
bool "Support 'Ranges:' header"
- default y
+ default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
help
Makes httpd emit "Accept-Ranges: bytes" header and understand
When enabled, httpd will use the kernel sendfile() function
instead of read/write loop.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_RELOAD_CONFIG_SIGHUP
- bool "Support reloading of global config file on HUP signal"
- default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
- help
- This option enables processing of SIGHUP to reload cached
- configuration settings.
-
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_SETUID
bool "Enable -u <user> option"
default n
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_BASIC_AUTH
bool "Enable Basic http Authentication"
- default y
+ default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
help
Utilizes password settings from /etc/httpd.conf for basic
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_AUTH_MD5
bool "Support MD5 crypted passwords for http Authentication"
- default y
+ default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_BASIC_AUTH
help
Enables basic per URL authentication from /etc/httpd.conf
using md5 passwords.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CONFIG_WITH_MIME_TYPES
- bool "Support loading additional MIME types at run-time"
- default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
- help
- This option enables support for additional MIME types at
- run-time to be specified in the configuration file.
-
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CGI
bool "Support Common Gateway Interface (CGI)"
- default y
+ default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
help
This option allows scripts and executables to be invoked
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CONFIG_WITH_SCRIPT_INTERPR
bool "Support for running scripts through an interpreter"
- default y
+ default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CGI
help
This option enables support for running scripts through an
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_SET_REMOTE_PORT_TO_ENV
bool "Set REMOTE_PORT environment variable for CGI"
- default y
+ default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CGI
help
Use of this option can assist scripts in generating
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_ENCODE_URL_STR
bool "Enable -e option (useful for CGIs written as shell scripts)"
- default y
+ default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
help
This option allows html encoding of arbitrary strings for display
- by the browser. Output goes to stdout.
+ by the browser. Output goes to stdout.
For example, httpd -e "<Hello World>" produces
"<Hello World>".
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_ERROR_PAGES
bool "Support for custom error pages"
- default y
+ default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
help
This option allows you to define custom error pages in
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
- Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not
+ Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not
planning on using serial lines, leave this unchecked.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
Set the hardware address of this interface, if the device driver
- supports this operation. Currently, we only support the 'ether'
+ supports this operation. Currently, we only support the 'ether'
class.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS
Userspace application to bind several interfaces
to a logical interface (use with kernel bonding driver).
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFPLUGD
+ bool "ifplugd"
+ default n
+ help
+ Network interface plug detection daemon.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
bool "ifupdown"
default n
help
- Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes
+ Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes
use of either "ifconfig" and "route" or the "ip" command to actually
- configure network interfaces. Therefore, you will probably also want
+ configure network interfaces. Therefore, you will probably also want
to enable either IFCONFIG and ROUTE, or enable
- FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various IP options. Of
+ FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various IP options. Of
course you could use non-busybox versions of these programs, so
against my better judgement (since this will surely result in plenty
of support questions on the mailing list), I do not force you to
- enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either
+ enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either
"ifconfig", "route" and "run-parts" or the "ip" command, either
via busybox or via standalone utilities.
### UNUSED
###config FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPX
### bool "Support for IPX"
-### default n
+### default y
### depends on IFUPDOWN
### help
### If this option is selected you can use busybox to work with IPX
default n
help
The "ip" applet is a TCP/IP interface configuration and routing
- utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with
+ utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with
TCP/IP.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IPCALC
help
- Adds the options hostname, prefix and silent to the output of "ipcalc".
+ Adds the options hostname, prefix and silent to the output of
+ "ipcalc".
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options"
default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IPCALC && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IPCALC && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LONG_OPTS
help
Support long options for the ipcalc applet.
new_interface_name mac=00:80:C8:38:91:B5
new_interface_name 00:80:C8:38:91:B5
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC
- bool "nc"
- default y
- help
- A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network
- connections.
-
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NETMSG
bool "netmsg"
default y
help
simple program for sending udp broadcast messages
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC_SERVER
- bool "Netcat server options (-l)"
- default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC
- help
- Allow netcat to act as a server.
-
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC_EXTRA
- bool "Netcat extensions (-eiw and filename)"
- default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC
- help
- Add -e (support for executing the rest of the command line after
- making or receiving a successful connection), -i (delay interval for
- lines sent), -w (timeout for initial connection).
-
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NETSTAT
bool "netstat"
default y
Add support for wide columns. Useful when displaying IPv6 addresses
(-W option).
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_NETSTAT_PRG
+ bool "Enable PID/Program name output"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NETSTAT
+ help
+ Add support for -p flag to print out PID and program name.
+ +700 bytes of code.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NSLOOKUP
bool "nslookup"
default y
help
nslookup is a tool to query Internet name servers.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NTPD
+ bool "ntpd"
+ default n
+ help
+ The NTP client/server daemon.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_NTPD_SERVER
+ bool "Make ntpd usable as a NTP server"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NTPD
+ help
+ Make ntpd usable as a NTP server. If you disable this option
+ ntpd will be usable only as a NTP client.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PING
bool "ping"
default y
help
Route displays or manipulates the kernel's IP routing tables.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SENDMAIL
- bool "sendmail"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SLATTACH
+ bool "slattach"
default n
help
- Barebones sendmail.
+ slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial
+ lines.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FETCHMAIL
- bool "fetchmail"
- default n
- help
- Barebones fetchmail.
+#config TC
+# bool "tc"
+# default y
+# help
+# show / manipulate traffic control settings
+#
+#config FEATURE_TC_INGRESS
+# def_bool n
+# depends on TC
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SLATTACH
- bool "slattach"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TCPSVD
+ bool "tcpsvd"
default n
help
- slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial lines.
+ tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new
+ connection.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET
bool "telnet"
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET
help
Setting this option will forward the TERM environment variable to the
- remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that
+ remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that
things like ANSI colors and other control sequences behave.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_AUTOLOGIN
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
help
A daemon for the TELNET protocol, allowing you to log onto the host
- running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol
- sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for an
- SSH daemon and you trust your network, you may say 'y' here. As a
+ running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol
+ sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for an
+ SSH daemon and you trust your network, you may say 'y' here. As a
more secure alternative, you should seriously consider installing the
very small Dropbear SSH daemon instead:
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
You need to be sure that Busybox has LOGIN and
- FEATURE_SUID enabled. And finally, you should make
+ FEATURE_SUID enabled. And finally, you should make
certain that Busybox has been installed setuid root:
chown root.root /bin/busybox
help
Selecting this will make telnetd able to run standalone.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNETD_INETD_WAIT
+ bool "Support -w SEC option (inetd wait mode)"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNETD_STANDALONE
+ help
+ This option allows you to run telnetd in "inet wait" mode.
+ Example inetd.conf line (note "wait", not usual "nowait"):
+
+ telnet stream tcp wait root /bin/telnetd telnetd -w10
+
+ In this example, inetd passes _listening_ socket_ as fd 0
+ to telnetd when connection appears.
+ telnetd will wait for connections until all existing
+ connections are closed, and no new connections
+ appear during 10 seconds. Then it exits, and inetd continues
+ to listen for new connections.
+
+ This option is rarely used. "tcp nowait" is much more usual
+ way of running tcp services, including telnetd.
+ You most probably want to say N here.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP
bool "tftp"
default n
help
- This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol client program. TFTP
+ This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol client program. TFTP
is usually used for simple, small transfers such as a root image
for a network-enabled bootloader.
In other words: it should be run from inetd in nowait mode,
or from udpsvd. Example: "udpsvd -E 0 69 tftpd DIR"
+comment "Common options for tftp/tftpd"
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_GET
- bool "Enable \"get\" command"
+ bool "Enable 'tftp get' and/or tftpd upload code"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
help
- Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows
+ Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows
a client to retrieve a file from a TFTP server.
Also enable upload support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected.
+ Note: this option does _not_ make tftpd capable of download
+ (the usual operation people need from it)!
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_PUT
- bool "Enable \"put\" command"
+ bool "Enable 'tftp put' and/or tftpd download code"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
help
- Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows
+ Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows
a client to transfer a file to a TFTP server.
Also enable download support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_BLOCKSIZE
- bool "Enable \"blksize\" protocol option"
+ bool "Enable 'blksize' and 'tsize' protocol options"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
help
Allow tftp to specify block size, and tftpd to understand
- "blksize" option.
+ "blksize" and "tsize" options.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_PROGRESS_BAR
+ bool "Enable tftp progress meter"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_BLOCKSIZE
+ help
+ Show progress bar.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEBUG_TFTP
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP_DEBUG
bool "Enable debug"
default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
help
- Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running
- into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when
- you run into problems.
+ Make tftp[d] print debugging messages on stderr.
+ This is useful if you are diagnosing a bug in tftp[d].
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
bool "traceroute"
default y
help
- Utility to trace the route of IP packets
+ Utility to trace the route of IP packets.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRACEROUTE6
+ bool "traceroute6"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6 && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
+ help
+ Utility to trace the route of IPv6 packets.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
bool "Enable verbose output"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
help
- Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things
+ Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes among other things
hostnames and ICMP response types.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_SOURCE_ROUTE
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
help
- Add feature to allow for ICMP ECHO instead of UDP datagrams.
+ Add option -I to use ICMP ECHO instead of UDP datagrams.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TUNCTL
+ bool "tunctl"
+ default n
+ help
+ tunctl creates or deletes tun devices.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TUNCTL_UG
+ bool "Support owner:group assignment"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TUNCTL
+ help
+ Allow to specify owner and group of newly created interface.
+ 340 bytes of pure bloat. Say no here.
source package/busybox/config/networking/udhcp/Config.in
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN_UDHCPC_CMD_OPTIONS
+ string "ifup udhcpc command line options"
+ default "-R -n"
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UDHCPC
+ help
+ Command line options to pass to udhcpc from ifup.
+ Intended to alter options not available in /etc/network/interfaces.
+ (IE: --syslog --background etc...)
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UDPSVD
+ bool "udpsvd"
+ default n
+ help
+ udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new
+ connection.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VCONFIG
bool "vconfig"
default y
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options"
default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WGET && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WGET && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LONG_OPTS
help
Support long options for the wget applet.
See http://www.zeroconf.org for further details, and "zcip.script"
in the busybox examples.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TCPSVD
- bool "tcpsvd"
- default n
- help
- tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new connection
-
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UDPSVD
- bool "udpsvd"
- default n
- help
- udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new connection
-
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