Thanks a bundle Philip! :o) I'll grab the server portion of things... as long as it serves beer ** burp ** 'Chuse Me! I adhere to the RTFM rule, but "Using Linux, Third Edition" by Tackett and Gunter didn't seem to help on this particular issue. Thanks Again!! Kurt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Philp wrote: > Kurt wrote: > > > > Simple and to the point here. After initial install of Linux-Mandrake, > > Telnet worked fine. However, after updating it via Mandrake-Updates, it > > appears broken and won't provide a user login and password screen... > > only tells me that the escape character is ^] Why would I need an > > escape character when the updated telnet doesn't provide me something to > > escape from? (Forgive me for humor... but it's a good way of maintaining > > your sanity!) > > > > Anyone got a clue as to what got changed, which causes Telnet to do > > something like this? What am I missing??? > > > > Thanks in Advance > > Simple and to the point: telnet client and server got split into two > packages in the update. Grab the telnet-server package from your > favorite mirror and you're back online. > > Oh, and the archives probably have extensive coverage of this topic. > > -- > Steve Philp > Network Administrator > Advance Packaging Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
