[CLUG] telnetting to linux (was help!)

[David Dorgan]

Boo urns.
ssh is not only more secure, it has more features, 
you have ssh forwarding, reverse tunnels, remote commands, secure copy etc...
Go with SSH.


Quoting Kevin O'Riordan (k_oriordan at hotmail.com):
> Go to Mandrake Control Centre (should be on the desktop), or in the 
> configuration menu. Click on system on the left and choose Services. Enable 
> telnet and xinetd on boot.
> 
> 
> >From: "Craig Ledbetter" <craigled at indigo.ie>
> >Reply-To: <craigled at indigo.ie>
> >To: "Kevin O'Riordan" <k_oriordan at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: RE: [CLUG] telnetting to linux (was help!)
> >Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:28:18 +0100
> >I am using Mandrake 8.2
> >Thanks
> >
> >Craig
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Kevin O'Riordan [mailto:k_oriordan at hotmail.com]
> >Sent: 22 August 2002 09:17
> >To: craigled at indigo.ie; cork at linux.ie
> >Subject: Re: [CLUG] telnetting to linux (was help!)
> >
> >
> >You need to make sure you have xinetd or inetd running and telnet enabled 
> >on
> >the linux machine. Then you telnet into it using the IP address or 
> >hostname.
> >What version of linux are you running?
> >
> >
> >>From: "Craig Ledbetter" <craigled at indigo.ie>
> >>Reply-To: <craigled at indigo.ie>
> >>To: <cork at linux.ie>
> >>Subject: [CLUG] Help!
> >>Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 00:14:50 +0100
> >
> >>Hello all!
> >>
> >>I am still trying to remotely login from windoz to a Linux box. I try
> >>telnet
> >>to no avail. What else should I try? My first goal is to just run a
> >>terminal
> >>session over Ethernet. Then, find a cheap was of running xwin off of the
> >>Linux box, yet from the windoz side.
> >>Telnet with either the valid netbios name, or the ip address, with
> >>xOrfbserver running on Linux does not do the trick.
> >>The Linux box sees the shared windows directories, and windows sees the
> >>shared folders.
> >>I just want to take my next step so that I can remotely execute commands
> >>from my windoz machine.
> >>
> >>Thank you for any help!
> >>
> >>Craig Ledbetter
> >>
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