This software is compiled for use with glibc-2.0.6 (libc.so.6) You have first to install the library package! Installation hints: There are some daemons in this package, which might run on your system. You must first move them to another location. Here's how you get them: >> ps -auxww | egrep '/.*d[ ]*$' root 33 0.4 0.8 704 292 ? S < 21:37 3:59 /usr/sbin/swapd root 35 0.0 1.5 804 508 ? S 21:37 0:10 /usr/sbin/klogd root 37 0.0 1.7 844 572 ? S 21:37 0:04 /usr/sbin/syslogd root 40 0.0 1.1 716 364 ? S 21:37 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd so i move /usr/sbin/inetd to /usr/sbin/inetd.old Then install the tar-archive. Contents of the inetutils-1.3.1.tar TAR-Archive: -rwxr-xr-x root/root 53328 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/bin/ftp -rwsr-xr-x root/root 16732 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/bin/rcp -rwsr-xr-x root/root 13228 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/bin/rlogin -rwsr-xr-x root/root 11960 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/bin/rsh -rwxr-xr-x root/root 9412 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/bin/syslog -rwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/bin/logger link to usr/bin/syslog -rwxr-xr-x root/root 18392 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/bin/talk -rwxr-xr-x root/root 62144 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/bin/telnet -rwxr-xr-x root/root 18372 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/bin/tftp -rw-r--r-- root/root 29885 1998-02-21 09:03 usr/man/man1/ftp.1 -rw-r--r-- root/root 4481 1998-02-21 09:03 usr/man/man1/rcp.1 -rw-r--r-- root/root 5524 1998-02-21 09:03 usr/man/man1/rlogin.1 -rw-r--r-- root/root 5015 1998-02-21 09:03 usr/man/man1/rsh.1 -rw-r--r-- root/root 3237 1998-02-21 09:04 usr/man/man1/syslog.1 -rw-r--r-- root/root 4172 1998-02-21 09:04 usr/man/man1/talk.1 -rw-r--r-- root/root 31226 1998-02-21 09:03 usr/man/man1/telnet.1 -rw-r--r-- root/root 5016 1998-02-21 09:04 usr/man/man1/tftp.1 -rw-r--r-- root/root 8761 1998-02-21 09:01 usr/man/man8/ftpd.8 -rw-r--r-- root/root 11095 1998-02-21 09:01 usr/man/man8/inetd.8 -rw-r--r-- root/root 5054 1998-02-21 09:02 usr/man/man8/rexecd.8 -rw-r--r-- root/root 5560 1998-02-21 09:02 usr/man/man8/rlogind.8 -rw-r--r-- root/root 6718 1998-02-21 09:02 usr/man/man8/rshd.8 -rw-r--r-- root/root 3083 1998-02-21 09:03 usr/man/man8/talkd.8 -rw-r--r-- root/root 15071 1998-02-21 09:02 usr/man/man8/telnetd.8 -rw-r--r-- root/root 3644 1998-02-21 09:02 usr/man/man8/tftpd.8 -rwxr-xr-x root/root 19016 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/sbin/inetd -rwxr-xr-x root/root 40548 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/sbin/in.ftpd -rwxr-xr-x root/root 11020 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/sbin/in.rexecd -rwxr-xr-x root/root 13820 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/sbin/in.rlogind -rwxr-xr-x root/root 14712 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/sbin/in.rshd -rwxr-xr-x root/root 14880 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/sbin/in.talkd -rwxr-xr-x root/root 38792 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/sbin/in.telnetd -rwxr-xr-x root/root 13484 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/sbin/in.tftpd -rwxr-xr-x root/root 9928 1998-02-21 13:11 usr/sbin/in.uucpd